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Special coverage: Algeria's longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns

Ramzi Boudina, REUTERS | People carry a national flag as they celebrate on the streets of Algiers after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika submitted his resignation on April 2, 2019.

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika submitted his resignation late Tuesday, shortly after the country's army chief of staff demanded that he leave office "immediately". Watch our special broadcast on a historic night in Algeria.

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'Happy and proud': Algerians react to Bouteflika's resignation
  • Media reactions from around the world

Press review: 'Bouteflika, the end'
  • Timeline: Bouteflika’s two decades at the helm

A look back at Abdelaziz Bouteflika's years in power
  • 'This is only the beginning': What next for Algeria?
'This is only the beginning': Algeria's Bouteflika ends 20-year rule
  • From Chirac to Macron: Bouteflika's troubled relations with French presidents
Troubled relations: Bouteflika’s 20-year quest for an apology from France
  • Next in line? Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah
Algeria’s next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah
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