3 days’ mourning for ex-leader Bouteflika

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday ordered flags to be flown at half-mast throughout the country for three days in honor of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the official APS news agency reported. The presidency announced that Bouteflika died on Friday aged 84. Bouteflika became Algeria’s foreign minister in 1963. He served as president for four consecutive terms until April 2019.