Algeria

Tebboune re-elected despite criticism over human rights violations

Abdelmadjid Tebboune has secured his second five-year term, transforming his bureaucratic persona into that of a reassuring leader, despite facing criticism over freedoms and human rights. Re-elected on Sunday with nearly 95 percent of the vote and a “provisional average turnout” of 48 percent, according to electoral authority ANIE, Tebboune competed against moderate Islamist Abdelaali Hassani, who garnered 3.17 percent,…