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Algeria's longest-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies at 84

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Video. Algeria's longest-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies at 84

Updated: 18/09/2021 - 13:46 GMT+2

After two decades in power, and as he tried to secure a fifth term as president, Bouteflika was forced to quit amid huge, nationwide protests.

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