Former Prime Minister Ali Benflis holds a news conference to announce his candidacy for the presidential election in Algiers January 19, 2014. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Ali Benflis, a former leader of Algeria's ruling FLN party, announced on Sunday he would run in the April 17 elections, in which President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has yet to say whether he will seek a fourth term.
Bouteflika returned home on Thursday from a visit to a Paris hospital for check-ups after suffering a stroke early last year.
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