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Algeria's Bouteflika returns home amid wave of protests

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned home on Sunday after receving medical treatment in a Swiss hospital, the Algerian presidency has confirmed, amid protests against the ailing president's bid for a fifth term in office. Bouteflika has landed at a military airport south of...

Anti-Bouteflika strikes shut down Algeria's capital

Striking train workers and students shut the Algerian capital’s rail network and most of the country’s secondary schools Sunday, in protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s fifth term bid, witnesses said. No trains, metros, trams or buses left or circulated within Algiers,...

Morocco brings back 8 nationals from Syria

Moroccan authorities have brought home eight nationals from "conflict zones" in war-torn Syria, according to the interior ministry on Sunday.  In a statement, the ministry said the return of the eight was part of Morocco's "contribution to the international efforts in the fight against...

Algerian government plane heads north, destination unclear

The Algerian government plane that brought President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to Geneva for medical treatment last month left Algerian airspace and headed north early on Sunday, flight radar applications showed. The ailing 82-year-old Bouteflika has rarely been seen in public since suffering a...