Critical players in these faction fights include the President's brother Saïd Bouteflika whose presidential ambitions seem to have been thwarted but who remains a powerful string-puller – and the DRS Military Intelligence chief Lieutenant General Mohammed Lamine ‘Tewfik' Medienne whose much anticipated retirement has yet to arrive...
All talk of a fourth term for the ailing Boutef or a future for his controversial younger brother Saïd Bouteflika had been cast aside (AC Vol 54 No 15 Leadership in limbo)...
Bouteflika's health remains precarious nevertheless and Saïd Bouteflika is still deeply unpopular and mired in corruption allegations...
Also in the firing line is the President's powerful younger brother Saïd Bouteflika whose business dealings are being looked into (AC Vol 50 No 8 Boutef holds back the wave)...
Speculation that the President has not given up on efforts to get his businessman brother Saïd Bouteflika elected in his place as their late mother reportedly wanted returns from time to time (AC Vol 52 No 19 No springtime in Algiers)...