Billionaire Purge Ensnares Algerian Elites After Leader's Ouster

Algerian authorities on Monday detained five of the nation’s top businessmen as part of a corruption probe targeting the elite after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s ouster this month.

While state media didn’t say the men were officially arrested or charged, the move followed repeated calls by the army’s powerful chief of staff, Ahmed Gaid Salah, for judicial authorities to take action against the “gang,” a term used by protesters to refer to Bouteflika’s allies.