Algiers residents react to new Algerian president Tebboune
By AFP
24 December 2019 |
8:02 am
Residents of Algiers react to former prime minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune being sworn in as the new president of protest-hit Algeria, a week after winning a widely boycotted election.
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