Ailing President Returns to Algeria as Mass Protests Swirl

Ailing President Returns to Algeria as Mass Protests Swirl
Students protest against Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Algiers, Algeria March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
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ALGIERS—President Abdelaziz Bouteflika flew home to Algeria on March 10 after spending two weeks in a Swiss hospital, state television said, returning to a country where crowds of protesters have mounted the biggest threat to his 20-year rule.

A government plane transporting the ailing president arrived at Boufarik military airport near the capital, Algiers. Ennahar TV showed footage of what it said was a convoy of vehicles transporting him.