ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's new president faces the country's biggest political crisis in decades, a hostile economic climate and attacks on his legitimacy after winning an election with low turnout opposed by a massive protest movement.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 74, beat the other four candidates - all also former senior officials - to win the race outright with 58% of the vote, ensuring there will be no second round.
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