Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in election

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians have voted in an election to decide whether army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune gets another term in office — five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power. There is little suspense about the result with Tebboune expected to win easily. The question is more about how many voters cast ballots. Preliminary figures showed 48% of voters in precincts in Algeria had participated, outpacing the 2019 presidential election, when less than 40% of the electorate voted. As the country awaits a final announcement of results, it’s unclear whether Tebboune will consider such a figure a triumph