The decision by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to seek a fifth consecutive term in elections scheduled for April 2019, despite his poor health, sparked the largest political protests in Algeria in ...

The official cost of the project amounted to $898m. Former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika initiated the mosque project with the vision of making it the largest in Africa. He envisioned it as his ...

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s president from 1999 until 2019, has died at 84, according to the country’s presidency. Bouteflika, Algeria’s longest-serving ruler, was elected in a landslide ...

A father of two, he regularly participated in a popular uprising that forced Algeria’s longest-serving president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to step down after 20 years in power. "I protested for ...

The project's official cost was $898 million. The mosque was originally a project of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who designed it to be the largest in Africa. He wanted it to be his ...

In 2019, Hirak protestors flooded the streets of Algerian cities after then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika indicated he ...

The mosque was the brainchild of the late, ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was removed following protests in 2019. Bouteflika wanted the mosque to be his legacy, similar to Mosque ...

was elected in December 2019 after nearly a year of weekly demonstrations demanding the resignation of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika . Their demands were met when Bouteflika resigned that ...

Algeriaon Sunday inaugurated a gigantic mosque on its Mediterranean coastline after years of political upheaval transformed the project from a symbol of state-sponsored strength and religiosity to ...

However, since the mass protests that ended Abdelaziz Bouteflika's 20 years as president in 2019, the Algerian government has shifted its economic strategies and started moving towards greater co ...

The demonstrations started in February that year and led to the resignation of long-running president Abdelaziz Bouteflika two months later.

The project’s official cost was $898 million. The mosque was originally a project of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who designed it to be the largest in Africa. He wanted it to be his ...