Algeria army urges removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika

The Algerian army’s chief of staff and deputy defence minister Ahmed Gaed Salah said the constitution was "the only guarantee to preserve a stable political situation".

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(Photo: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika meeting with Algeria's army chief, Ahmed Gaid Salah in the capital Algiers, in March 2019. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)