Algerian President Prepares For Election Facing Little Competition

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algerian president prepares for election facing little competition

Algerias military-backed president is coasting towards Saturdays election all but certain to win five more years in a vote with no serious rivals after using higher gas revenues to splurge on social benefits.

President Abdulmadjid Tebboune faces two candidates: one a moderate Islamist, the other from the secular opposition, though neither seriously opposes the military establishment widely seen as having called the shots since the 1960s.