FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Two-thirds vote in favour of Algerian referendum” – below is their description.
Algeria’s constitutional referendum has passed by 66.8 percent, in a vote that saw historically low turnout.
Fewer than one in four registered voters cast a ballot, Algeria’s lowest-ever turnout, with many in the opposition “Hirak” street protest movement opposing the referendum. FRANCE 24 correspondent Oussama Snouci reports on the latest.
FRANCE 24 English YouTube Channel
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Algeria, officially the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, and the largest by area in the African Union and the Arab world. With an estimated population of over 44 million, it is the eighth-most populous country in Africa.
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