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Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika looks out for clan in final days

Exhausted from his years at the helm and making no secret of his wish to stand down (MC 1017), Abdelaziz Bouteflika has just one priority in mind at present: to protect his clan from a possible retribution when he rides [...]

Published on 06.09.2012 at 09:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Spotlight | Algeria
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Algeria
Sellal Facebook pages hint at campaign

Algeria
Bouteflika out of the woods but greatly diminished

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika is ill, and so what?

Algeria
No visas needed for Qatari VIPs

Algeria
The best of times for Benyounes

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Succession a watchword in 2013

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Some favor Sellal as next president

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