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Algeria's former President Bouteflika dies aged 84

Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at 84, the presidency said on Saturday

Bouteflika, a veteran war man stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army in 2019.

His bid for a fifth term was unanimously rejected with University students leading in street protest.


Bouteflika had ruled the North African nation for two decades.

During his fourth term in office, he made a minimal appearance in the public eye after suffering from a stroke in 2013.

He become Algeria's President in 1999.

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