By Bayram Altug</p> <p>GENEVA (AA) – While receiving medical treatment in Switzerland, Algeria’s president is reportedly suffering worsening health, said sources at the Swiss hospital Saturday.</p> <p>Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 81, has been getting medical treatment at Geneva University Hospital, but is getting worse, the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Anadolu Agency.</p> <p>His private jet was sent back to Algeria despite his family members remaining beside him, the sources added.</p> <p>Last month, Algeria’s ruling National Liberation Front officially nominated the 81-year-old strongman — who has ruled Algeria since 1999 — to run in presidential elections slated for April 18.</p> <p>Opposition leaders have repeatedly urged Bouteflika — who in 2013 was treated for a blood clot in the brain — to bow out of the contest.</p> <p>Anti-Bouteflika demonstrations have since been reported in several Algerian provinces.</p> <p> </p> <p>
