Algeria's president withdraws from ballot, postpones poll

By Abdul Razak bin Abdullah</p> <p>ALGIERS (AA) – Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika postponed the April presidential election on Monday and withdrew his candidacy, according to the state-run news agency.</p> <p>Bouteflika’s announcement came amid mass protests against his nomination to seek a fifth term as president in the elections previously slated for April 18, Algeria Press Service said.</p> <p>Bouteflika also received Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia in Algiers on Monday and Ouyahia “tendered his resignation to him,” according to the same source.