As the health of Algeria's 82-year-old president ails, a record number of people in the North African country have taken steps to stand as challengers in April's presidential elections. In the two weeks since the electoral process was launched, 186 people have requested the documents needed to decl»»»

Algiers: A record number of people want to run for president of Algeria in the country’s April election, amid growing uncertainty about whether incumbent Abdul Aziz Bouteflika, infirm since a 2013 stroke, is fit for yet another term after two decades in charge of this gas-rich North African nation.»»»