Just in: Tears, Mourning as Former African President Dies
- A former president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who a freedom fighter, has died at the age of 84
- Bouteflika, having left office in 2019, ruled the African nation for two decades and had the interest to run for a fifth term if not a massive protests among citizens
- The Algerian presidency which announced his death on Friday, September 17, did not specify the nature of Bouteflika's sickness
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The Algerian presidency on Friday, September 17, reported that the country has lost a former president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, is dead.
Bouteflika's death came over two years after he stepped down from office following nationwide protest by the masses and the military after news of his plan to run for a fifth term broke, Reuters reports
A veteran of Algeria's war for independence, the former African leader held on to power in the nation for not less than finally resigning in 2019.
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BBC reports that for two years after he left office, the Bouteflika was hardly or never seen by most of the citizens until his demise.
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Chad's President Deby is dead, Army Announces, reveals cause of his death
Meanwhile, Idriss Deby, the president of Chad, was dead. An Army spokesman whose name was not mentioned said on Tuesday, April 20, that the president died of injuries suffered on the frontline.
Derby's death came a day after he won a sixth term as the country's election results were just released on Monday, April 19.
Legit.ng gathered that the 68-year-old president came to power in a rebellion in 1990.
Derby who had been in power for three decades died of injuries while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country.
President Deby's death comes barely a month after John Magufuli, the president of Tanzania, died at the age of 61. Magufuli's death was reportedly announced on Wednesday, March 17, by the vice president, Samia Suluhu Hassan. His death also came five months after he won a second-term election.
The late president had attracted widespread criticism for his denial of the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: Legit.ng
