Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has finally flown home after close to three months of medical treatment in Paris.
President Bouteflika, 76, arrived at a military airport on Tuesday evening.
Bouteflika went to Paris after a mini-stroke in April where he was hospitalized for specialized medical care.
According to BBC, analysts say his health issues have all but ended his chances of running for another presidential term next year.
On arrival to Algeria, a statement published by the APS News Agency said that the President "will continue a period of rest and rehabilitation".
Since his hospitalization in April, information about his health has remained scarce creating room for speculations.
Some opposition figures suggested that the Constitutional Council in Algiers ought to declare the presidential post vacant, and appoint an interim leader until new elections were held.
“On 12 June, Algerian state media released images and video of Mr Bouteflika convalescing. State television showed him meeting his prime minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, and the army chief, General Salah Gaid, at the Invalides National Institution,” reported the BBC.
Bouteflika becamePpresident in 1999 and is regarded as being among the last of a generation of leaders who fought in the 1954-1962 war of independence from France.
He was in hospital in France for nearly a month in 2005, for the treatment of a bleeding ulcer, the AFP news agency reports.
By Koome Kimonye
Bouteflika went to Paris after a mini-stroke in April where he was hospitalized for specialized medical care.
According to BBC, analysts say his health issues have all but ended his chances of running for another presidential term next year.
On arrival to Algeria, a statement published by the APS News Agency said that the President "will continue a period of rest and rehabilitation".
Since his hospitalization in April, information about his health has remained scarce creating room for speculations.
Some opposition figures suggested that the Constitutional Council in Algiers ought to declare the presidential post vacant, and appoint an interim leader until new elections were held.
“On 12 June, Algerian state media released images and video of Mr Bouteflika convalescing. State television showed him meeting his prime minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, and the army chief, General Salah Gaid, at the Invalides National Institution,” reported the BBC.
Bouteflika becamePpresident in 1999 and is regarded as being among the last of a generation of leaders who fought in the 1954-1962 war of independence from France.
He was in hospital in France for nearly a month in 2005, for the treatment of a bleeding ulcer, the AFP news agency reports.
By Koome Kimonye
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