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World Service,18 Sep 1998,29 mins

Election Shock in Algeria

This Week and Africa

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Algerian president Liamine Zeroual reveals he won't run in the next election. The leader has announced the next election will be in February 1999, well before the end of his current term. Also on the programme, an interview with Nigerian head of state, General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar.

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