If no image has filtered, Algerian media assured that Abdemadjid Tebboune made his return to Algiers on Friday. He notably had to be operated on on his foot.
His state of health had given rise to many questions for a while. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned to Algiers on Friday after a stay in Germany, where he underwent foot surgery after “complications” linked to Covid-19, according to Algerian official media. “The President of the Republic, supreme chief of the armed forces and Minister of Defense, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, returned to the country today”, indicated the public channel which did not broadcast images of his arrival on the television news. from 19:00.
The nature of the complications remains unknown
The plane from Berlin landed around 5:00 p.m. local time (French time) at Boufarik military airport, according to air traffic websites. Supported for two months in Germany after contracting Covid-19 in Algiers, the Algerian president, 75, had to return on January 10 to Berlin to undergo surgery “successfully” following “complications” in the right foot . The nature of the operation was not specified.
On the eve of his return, Abdelmadjid Tebboune called his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday to thank him for the medical care he received in Germany. Priority issues awaiting him include a likely cabinet reshuffle and the drafting of a new electoral law for the upcoming local and early legislative elections, in principle by the end of the year.
