The Bouteflika era is ending and uncertainty lies ahead - The National:
"Algeria, a major exporter of oil and gas with a youthful population of 37 million, is led by a 76-year-old who claims he fought in the war of independence. Abdelaziz Bouteflika thus belongs to a generation that legitimises its hegemony over the country on the basis of its valour in the 1962 war of independence from France.
Mr Bouteflika, who is now clinging to power, was named minister of youth, sport, and tourism at the age of 26 under President Ahmed Ben Bella. He became foreign minister in mysterious circumstances after the 1963 murder of the incumbent, Mohamed Khemisti, the first of a long series of assassinations after independence.
Mr Bouteflika was the schemer behind the bloodless 1965 coup that toppled Ben Bella and brought Houari Boumediene to power."
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