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One man one vote?
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Just 24 hours before Algeria went to the polls, six out of seven presidential candidates withdrew, leaving a sole remaining candidate who just happened to be the de facto choice of Algeria's shady military leadership. Karen Thomas reports.
f Abdelaziz Bouteflika had expected to wake up on 16 April as Algeria's official president-elect, the way he was elected will have surprised even him.
The night before Algeria was due to go to the polls, his six presidential rivals pulled out, claiming that outgoing president Liamine Zeroual had ignored their allegations of blatant electoral fraud.
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