Algeria announces snap presidential elections on Sept 7

ALGIERS, March 21 (KUNA) -- Algeria decided on Thursday to bring forward the presidential elections and hold them on September 7th rather than December.
Algerian authorities said in a statement that the President Abdelmadjid Tebboune chaired a meeting on the preparations for the upcoming presidential elections.
The current President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected in December 2019, after receiving 58.13 percent of the votes. (end) mr.dm