Ex Algeria President Bouteflika, 84, is dead

Algeria’s former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who resigned in 2019 amid huge protests against his rule, died Friday aged 84, public television announced.

The former strongman left office in April 2019 under pressure from the military after weeks of demonstrations over his bid to run for a fifth term in office.

After his resignation, he had stayed out of the public eye at a residence in western Algiers.