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Algeria
Ahmed Gaid Salah's three options

Now virtually alone at the controls, army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah is considering three options to regain the [...]

Published on 21/03/2019 at 04:30 GMT

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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Algeria
State of emergency Gaid Salah's joker?

Abdelaziz Bouteflika's resignation, which was obtained by army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah on April 2 (MC 1333), puts [...]

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Ahmed Gaid Salah opts for risky power grab

Having understood after the success of the March 22 demonstrations that an extension of Abdelaziz Bouteflika's fourth term could no longer be contemplated, army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah has made his move. With the presidential clan petrified and [.

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Ahmed Gaid Salah and Abdelaziz Bouteflika (March 11, 2019).

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Bouteflika's fate in the hands of the protesters… and Gaid Salah

The Bouteflika clan, which until a few days ago was convinced that its champion's re-election was a mere formality (MC 1329), seems to be losing control. The president's entourage, which had previously been manoeuvring for position, is now waiting in [.

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Bouteflika die-hards go into resistance mode

Only members of the inner core of the Bouteflika clan are continuing to defend the rais's plans to stand for a fifth presidential term on April 18. Without any back-up plan, the "president's men" are maintaining course at whatever cost [.

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Bouteflika puts on velvet gloves to secure 5th term

Confronted with the biggest popular protest movement for two decades, the Bouteflika clan has bent but not broken. While the rais, who is physically frail, has been in Geneva since February 24 for "periodical medical examinations", his entourage has adopted [.

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Bouteflika bids for fifth mandate by default

It is by no means sure that the El Alia Cemetery's "martyrs' square" was the right place to organise the reappearance of an Abdelaziz Bouteflika looking more ghostlike than ever on November 1. But, in the absence of an alternative, [.

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika in the El Alia Cemetery’s “martyrs’ square” on November 1.

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Ali Bendaoud makes comeback to oversee smooth transition

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Ahmed Gaid Salah's three options

Algeria
State of emergency Gaid Salah's joker?

Spotlight | Algeria
Ahmed Gaid Salah opts for risky power grab

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika's fate in the hands of the protesters… and Gaid Salah

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika die-hards go into resistance mode

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika puts on velvet gloves to secure 5th term

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Bouteflika bids for fifth mandate by default