Hefty prison terms confirmed for two Algeria ex-PMs

A court in the Algerian capital on Thursday upheld lengthy prison sentences against two former prime ministers who served under ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a judicial source said. The judgement confirmed sentences of 15 years for Ahmed Ouyahia and 12 years for Abdelmalek Sellal that had originally been handed down in December 2019, the source said. The two were convicted in a corruption trial centring on the country's auto...