Algeria ex-presidential candidate jailed for four years
Algiers (AFP) Sept 23, 2021
An Algiers court on Thursday sentenced a former presidential candidate and retired general to four years in prison for undermining army morale, the official APS news agency reported. Ali Ghediri had said he would stand in Algeria's April 2019 election against longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The ailing autocrat's decision to seek a fifth mandate led to mass protests against his r