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Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan

Algeria election to take place amid ‘steady erosion of human rights’

Two women walk past posters showing the faces of the three presidential candidates on a street in Algiers
Women walk past banners of the presidential candidates (from left) Abdellah Hassan Cherif, Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Youssef Aouchiche in Algiers. Photograph: Fateh Guidoum/AP

Algeria goes to the polls on Saturday in a presidential election being held in the context of what rights groups have called “a steady erosion of human rights” under the president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is expected to win a second five-year term.

As many as 24 million people are eligible to vote in the north African country in a process moved forward by three months.

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