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Algeria: An army chief, an ailing president and a political crisis

By DW
29 Mar 2019 | 1:28 pm | 6m 13s

Algeria's army chief, Ahmed Gaid Salah, has urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down. Many Algerians support the move, but question whether the army has the legitimacy to take that kind of action.

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