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An Algerian military officer and close ally of the former army chief has been sentenced to death over charges of 'high treason', the French-language daily El Watan reported Sunday.

An Algerian military officer and close ally of the former army chief has been sentenced to death over charges of "high treason", the French-language daily El Watan reported Sunday.An Algerian military officer and close ally of the former army chief has been sentenced to death over charges of “high treason”, the French-language daily El Watan reported Sunday.

While courts continue to hand out death sentences in Algeria, there has been a moratorium on capital punishment since 1993. Gaid Salah died of a heart attack in 2019, having played a key role as a powerbroker after longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was swept from power earlier that year.

 

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