Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019 after mass protests, was given a state funeral on Sunday attended by senior officials but received little of the attention given to such occasions in the past. Bouteflika died on Friday, aged 84. An armoured vehicle decked with flowers pulled his coffin, covered with the national flag, on a gun carriage from his home in Zeralda, west of the capital, to the El Alia cemetery in Algiers where five of his predecessors are buried. No state mourning period was declared.
SOURCE: BUSINESS DAY LIVE
More Stories
Africa’s Most Powerful Passports
Pirates Off West Africa Thwarted
Largest Innovation Hub in Africa Expands
Large Energy Projects Look Set to Transform Senegal’s Economy
Anglican Leaders Come Down Hard on Ghanaian Clerics
South Africa’s Cricket Team Divided Over Taking the Knee
Somalia’s Story of Displacement
How to Tell the History of Africans Enslaved the Right Way
Gabon Steps Up to the Negotiating Table at COP26
10 Wealthiest Countries in Africa Ranked by their GDP in 2021
Fespaco Crowns Somali Film with Top Prize
Egyptian Startup Ecosystem Establishes Itself as One of Africa’s “Big Four”