Algeria to hold next election three months early in September

Algerian president Abdelmajid Tebboune waves (Anis Belghoul/AP)

Algeria will hold its next election on September 7, giving first-term president Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign for a second term to lead the oil-rich north African nation.

Mr Tebboune’s office announced the date in a statement after meeting with a group that included high-ranking members of Parliament and the constitutional court as well as its independent election authority.