Algeria's Octogenarian Leader Vows Change in Re-Election Bid

Algeria’s octogenarian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, announced Sunday that he would seek a fifth term and vowed sweeping reforms, dispelling weeks of uncertainty about his plans.

Bouteflika said he’d work to restructure the country’s “political, economic and social landscape” and amend its constitution in an apparent nod to simmering discontent over the state of the economy and the president’s sweeping powers.