Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will stand for reelection in April, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said in comments carried by national television Saturday. "The prime minister officially announces the candidacy of the president of the (Algerian) republic for the coming elections," due on April 17, a screen caption read. Sellal was speaking in Oran, west of Algiers, on the sidelines of an economic seminar. Source: AFP