Algeria election results are being questioned by the opposition candidates and the president himself
3 months, 1 week ago

Algeria election results are being questioned by the opposition candidates and the president himself

Associated Press  

Algerians expected an uneventful election that would bestow President Abdelmadjid Tebboune a second term. Cherif and Aouchiche filed appeals at Algeria’s constitutional court on Tuesday after their campaigns further rebuked the election as “a masquerade.” WHY IS VOTER TURNOUT CLOSELY WATCHED IN ALGERIA’S ELECTION? His supporters had hoped for a high turnout victory this year would project Tebboune’s popular support and put distance between Algeria and the political crisis that toppled his predecessor. Figures from the Hirak denounced the 2024 election as a rubber stamp exercise to entrench Algeria’s status quo and called for another round of boycotts to express a deep lacking of faith in the system. “Algerians don’t give a damn about this bogus election,” said former Hirak leader Hakim Addad, who was banned from participating in politics three years ago.

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What challenges will Algerian President Tebboune face in his second term?
3 months, 1 week ago

What challenges will Algerian President Tebboune face in his second term?

Al Jazeera  

Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won a second term, but what will be the most difficult issues he will grapple with? On September 7, 2024, Algeria’s incumbent president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, was unsurprisingly re-elected for a second five-year presidential term with a whopping 94.65 percent of the vote. Despite the backing of Algeria’s leading political parties, the National Liberation Front and National Democratic …

Algerian court certifies Tebboune’s landslide reelection win
3 months, 1 week ago

Algerian court certifies Tebboune’s landslide reelection win

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria’s constitutional court on Saturday certified the landslide victory of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in last weekend’s election after retabulating vote counts that he and his two opponents had called into question. The court said that it had reviewed local voting data to settle questions about irregularities that Tebboune’s opponents had alleged in two appeals on Monday. “After …

Opposition candidates file court appeal questioning Algerian presidential election outcome
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Opposition candidates file court appeal questioning Algerian presidential election outcome

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — The two opposition candidates who ran in Algeria’s presidential race legally challenged on Tuesday the provisional result while harshly rebuking election officials and disputing the vote count. A day before lodging their appeals, both candidates took aim at Mohamed Charfi, the President of Algeria’s National Independent Electoral Authority for how the results of Saturday’s election were reported. …

Preliminary results show Algerian President Tebboune re-elected for 2nd term
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Preliminary results show Algerian President Tebboune re-elected for 2nd term

China Daily  

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune waves during the 7th Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Algiers, Algeria, March 2, 2024. ALGIERS - Preliminary results showed on Sunday that Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been re-elected for a second term, the country's election authority said. Mohamed Charfi, head of the Independent Authority for Elections, said in a press briefing in …

Preliminary results show Algerian President Tebboune re-elected for 2nd term
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Preliminary results show Algerian President Tebboune re-elected for 2nd term

China Daily  

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune waves during the 7th Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Algiers, Algeria, March 2, 2024. ALGIERS - Preliminary results showed on Sunday that Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been re-elected for a second term, the country's election authority said. Mohamed Charfi, head of the Independent Authority for Elections, said in a press briefing in …

Algeria’s Leader Tebboune Reelected by Landslide in Early Vote
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Algeria’s Leader Tebboune Reelected by Landslide in Early Vote

Live Mint  

-- Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune easily won a second term at the helm of the OPEC nation, in an election critics said was held earlier than expected to sideline any serious challengers. Tebboune, who’s seen as close to Algeria’s powerful military, secured 94.7% of ballots in the Sept. 7 contest against two other candidates, according to initial figures from election …

Algeria's President Tebboune wins second term with 95% of vote
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Algeria's President Tebboune wins second term with 95% of vote

The Hindu  

Algerian authorities declared President Abdulmadjid Tebboune the overwhelming winner of Saturday's election on Sunday, but a rival candidate alleged irregularities in the count and fewer than half of registered voters cast ballots. Hassani Cherif's campaign said polling station officials had been pressured to inflate results and alleged failures to deliver vote-sorting records to candidates' representatives, as well as instances of …

Algeria polling stations shut as President Tebboune poised for victory
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Algeria polling stations shut as President Tebboune poised for victory

The Hindu  

Voting stations across Algeria closed Saturday night after an hour's extension for the presidential election expected to bring a second term for incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune, whose main hope is for a high turnout. Tebboune's opponents stood little chance because of low support and the "conditions in which the electoral campaign took place, which is nothing more than a farce", Hennad …

Algeria’s Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected president with 94.7 percent vote
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Algeria’s Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected president with 94.7 percent vote

Al Jazeera  

The Algerian leader, who is backed by the country’s army, secures 94.7 percent of the votes, authorities say. Algeria’s incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, has been re-elected to the position with an emphatic vote, says the country’s electoral authority. “Of 5,630,000 voters recorded, 5,320,000 voted for the independent candidate Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accounting for 94.65 percent” of Saturday’s vote, National Independent …

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is reelected in a landslide in gas-rich Algeria
3 months, 2 weeks ago

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is reelected in a landslide in gas-rich Algeria

LA Times  

Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune speaks after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections Saturday in Algiers. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the winner of Algeria’s presidential election, granting him another term leading the gas-rich North African nation five years after pro-democracy protests led to the ouster of his predecessor. In a result that surprised few …

Algeria polling stations shut as Tebboune poised for victory
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Algeria polling stations shut as Tebboune poised for victory

Hindustan Times  

Voting stations across Algeria closed Saturday night after an hour's extension for the presidential election expected to bring a second term for incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune, whose main hope is for a high turnout. Algeria polling stations shut as Tebboune poised for victory Tebboune, 78, is heavily favoured to see off moderate Islamist Abdelaali Hassani, 57, and socialist candidate Youcef Aouchiche, …

Voting under way in Algeria’s presidential election
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Voting under way in Algeria’s presidential election

Al Jazeera  

No major changes expected with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expected to win despite concerns about low turnout. Tebboune, 78, whose government is accused of using new laws to stifle dissent, is heavily favoured to defeat his two challengers – Abdelaali Hassani Cherif, 57 and Youcef Aouchiche, 41. The low turnout figures in 2019 and 2021 came amid the Hirak pro-democracy protests …

In its presidential elections, Algeria prepares for ‘business as usual’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

In its presidential elections, Algeria prepares for ‘business as usual’

Al Jazeera  

Analysts predict little change from a vote likely to confirm the incumbent. Energy prices – Algeria’s principal export – which were low since 2014, recovered dramatically in 2022, with its main customer Europe scrambling to diversify its fuel sources following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It’s not much of a mandate,” Riccardo Fabiani, North African project director for the Crisis Group …

Polls close in Algeria’s presidential contest as Tebboune eyes re-election
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Polls close in Algeria’s presidential contest as Tebboune eyes re-election

Al Jazeera  

The president is expected to win five more years in the vote with no surprises anticipated. Hassani Cherif told journalists he hoped “the Algerian people will vote in force” because “a high turnout gives greater credibility to these elections”. Opposition in Algeria ‘non-existent’ Youcef Bouandel of Qatar University told Al Jazeera that the political opposition in Algeria is almost “non-existent”. …

Who are the candidates in Algeria’s presidential elections?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Who are the candidates in Algeria’s presidential elections?

Al Jazeera  

Algeria goes to the polls on Saturday to vote in a presidential election. However, anonymous sources spoke of Tebboune’s reforms proving unpopular with many of the commercial and industrial elites surrounding the president, referred to as “le pouvoir”. Following his time as prime minister, Tebboune quit Algeria’s leading party, the FLN, and was able to campaign for the presidency from …

Prominent Algerian opposition figures blast ‘authoritarian climate’ ahead of presidential election
5 months ago

Prominent Algerian opposition figures blast ‘authoritarian climate’ ahead of presidential election

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Eleven prominent Algerian opposition figures wrote an open letter this week, denouncing “the authoritarian climate” surrounding the country’s upcoming presidential election and calling for a broad democratic transition. The letter came nearly two weeks after renowned Algerian Workers’ Party leader Louisa Hanoune announced she would withdraw from the race and her party would boycott the election. A …

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announces reelection campaign
5 months, 1 week ago

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announces reelection campaign

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria’s president announced on Thursday that he intends to run for a second term in office, five years after ascending to power as the military and establishment-backed candidate during widespread pro-democracy protests. A second Tebboune term would entrench the power of Algeria’s political and military elite and further distance the country from the aspirations voiced by its …

Algerians question president for calling an early election without announcing his own campaign
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Algerians question president for calling an early election without announcing his own campaign

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Like many of the elections in more than 50 countries voting this year, the upcoming presidential race in Algeria was supposed to be a sleepy affair. “There’s still a program that I’m in the middle of implementing.” His demurrals coupled with the new election date have injected a sense of bewilderment into business-as-usual politics, raising questions about …

Algeria sets election for September. The military-backed president is expected to seek a 2nd term
9 months ago

Algeria sets election for September. The military-backed president is expected to seek a 2nd term

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria will hold its next election on Sept. 7, giving first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign should he decide to seek a second term leading the oil-rich north African nation. Only Zoubida Assoul of the Union for Change and Progress has come forward …

Low voter turnout and lack of competition could spell a de-facto win for Algerian President Tebboune
54 years, 11 months ago

Low voter turnout and lack of competition could spell a de-facto win for Algerian President Tebboune

Associated Press  

DATE OF ELECTION December TYPE OF ELECTION Presidential WHO’S RUNNING In Africa’s largest country by territory, few viable challengers are expected to come forward to run against 78-year-old, military-backed President Abdelmajid Tebboune. But despite his promises to reach out to young people whose energy drove the Hirak movement that year, old realities quickly reasserted themselves in the oil-rich North African …

Algeria gears up for election year with aging president, opposition that is yet to offer challenger
11 months ago

Algeria gears up for election year with aging president, opposition that is yet to offer challenger

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria is gearing up for an election year with an aging president and an opposition that is yet to present a candidate. The Rally for Culture and Democracy, among the rare opposition parties maintaining a notable public presence in President Abdelmajid Tebboune ‘s Algeria, this week called on the government to “put in place political conditions for …

Algerian President names new Prime Minister ahead of elections next year
1 year, 1 month ago

Algerian President names new Prime Minister ahead of elections next year

The Hindu  

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday, November 11, 2023, dismissed the country's prime minister and replaced him with the head of his Cabinet as the country struggles with inflation and next year's national elections approach. In August, Tunisia's president dismissed his prime minister, while the head of Algeria's powerful state-run oil company and eight of his vice presidents were dismissed …

Algerian president names a new prime minister ahead of elections next year
1 year, 1 month ago

Algerian president names a new prime minister ahead of elections next year

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday dismissed the country’s prime minister and replaced him with the head of his cabinet as the country struggles with inflation and next year’s national elections approach. In August, Tunisia’s president dismissed his prime minister, while the head of Algeria’s powerful state-run oil company and eight of his vice presidents were dismissed …

Low turnout in Tunisia parliament vote amid economic vows
2 years ago

Low turnout in Tunisia parliament vote amid economic vows

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisians on Saturday voted to elect a new parliament, to the backdrop of a soaring cost-of-living crisis and concerns of democracy backsliding in the North African country — the cradle of Arab Spring protests a decade ago. Opposition parties — including the Salvation Front coalition that the popular Ennahda party is part of — boycotted the polls …

Algeria’s top parties keep power in local elections
3 years ago

Algeria’s top parties keep power in local elections

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — The parties behind the Algerian president’s governing majority dominated local and regional elections, while Islamist parties saw their support diminish, according to official results. The long-ruling FLN party won the most seats in town halls around Africa’s largest country, followed by allied party RND. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune framed the voting as the final step in a process …

Algerians hold local elections amid anger over rising prices
3 years ago

Algerians hold local elections amid anger over rising prices

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algerians are voting Saturday to elect mayors and regional leaders amid widespread worry and frustration over rising prices for basic goods, housing and health care. However, some 300,000 applications were rejected by electoral authorities, accused of being associated with criminal circles or “dirty money.” Opposition parties protested the move as unfair. The parliament, where Tebboune’s party has …

Algeria moves toward new gov’t after parliament elections
3 years, 6 months ago

Algeria moves toward new gov’t after parliament elections

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerrad offered his resignation Thursday following June 12 parliamentary elections, but was mandated to stay in office until a new government is formed. During a meeting, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune asked him to keep handling affairs until the new government is in place, a task that must be completed within 30 days. The FLN …

Algeria election gets low turnout amid opposition boycott
3 years, 6 months ago

Algeria election gets low turnout amid opposition boycott

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algerians voted for a new parliament Saturday in an election with a majority of novice independent candidates running under new rules meant to erase political corruption and open the way to a “new Algeria.” But the turnout was dismal for the first legislative election since the gas-rich North African nation’s longtime president was forced to resign two …

Low turnout as Algerians vote in parliamentary election
3 years, 6 months ago

Low turnout as Algerians vote in parliamentary election

Al Jazeera  

First parliamentary election since Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s resignation was boycotted by Algeria’s protest movement. Pro-government parties had urged Algerians to turn up in large numbers for the “crucial vote” hoping to restore stability after two years of turmoil since longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika was forced to resign. “For me, it’s not the turnout percentage that’s important, it’s whether the legislators that …

Mystery over absence of Algeria leader treated for COVID-19
4 years ago

Mystery over absence of Algeria leader treated for COVID-19

Associated Press  

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune marks a year in office Saturday but he is nowhere in sight since his evacuation to Germany more than six weeks ago for treatment of COVID-19. The president’s office issued a statement on Nov. 30 saying Tebboune had left a “specialized” medical facility, was continuing his convalescence and should be returning home “in …

Mystery surrounds absence of Algeria leader treated for COVID-19
4 years ago

Mystery surrounds absence of Algeria leader treated for COVID-19

LA Times  

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune marks a year in office Saturday, but he is nowhere in sight since his evacuation to Germany more than six weeks ago for COVID-19 treatment. The president’s office issued a statement on Nov. 30 saying Tebboune had left a “specialized” medical facility, was continuing his convalescence and should be returning home “in the coming days.” The …

Is Algeria about to become a ‘New Republic’?
4 years, 1 month ago

Is Algeria about to become a ‘New Republic’?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, October 29 at 19:30 GMT: Algeria’s government is pledging a “New Republic” if people vote in favour of constitutional amendments in a forthcoming referendum – but opponents in parliament and on the streets are expressing alarm. The draft constitution is spearheaded by Abdelmajid Tebboune, a military-backed president who has held power since being elected in a December 2019 …

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