Middle East

Sep. 14, 2015 | 12:14 AM

Algeria leader replaces powerful intelligence chief

An Algerian man reads a local newspaper, En-Nahar, bearing a picture for the first time of former Algerian intelligence chief General Mohamed Mediene, better known as General Toufik, on the front cover in the capital, Algiers, on September 13, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FAROUK BATICHE

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on September 14, 2015, on page 6.

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