TOPSHOT - In this file picture, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen while voting at a polling station in Algiers on November 23, 2017 as Algeria goes to the polls for local elections. - Algeria's frail President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power since 1999, will stand for a fifth term at elections next year, the head of his party said on October 28. National Liberation Front chief Djamel Ould Abbes said Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke in 2013, would be the party's candidate at the vote set for April 2019, state news agency APS reported. Bouteflika, 81, has yet to officially announce his candidacy. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI / AFP)