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Recovering Algerian president moved to new Paris facility

By AFP
Algeria Algerias President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gestures outside the Djenane El Mufti residence in Algiers on January 14, 2013.  By Farouk Batiche (AFP/File)
TUE, 21 MAY 2013
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gestures outside the Djenane El Mufti residence in Algiers on January 14, 2013. By Farouk Batiche (AFP/File)

PARIS (AFP) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to a new facility in Paris "to continue his convalescence" after treatment in a French military hospital, France's defence ministry said Tuesday.

Bouteflika, 76, was flown to the Val de Grace hospital in Paris three weeks ago following a mini-stroke and speculation has been rife about the state of his health.

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