Radio Islam International – 2019/03/12

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has postponed the 18 April presidential elections and said he will not seek a fifth term in office.

President Bouteflika’s candidacy had provoked mass protests across Algeria over the past few weeks.

He has led Algeria for 20 years but has been rarely seen in public since he suffered a stroke in 2013.

No new date for the election was set.

A cabinet reshuffle will happen soon, according to a statement in Bouteflika’s name.

Radio Islam spoke to Activist Malia Bouttia: