Low voter turnout hits Algeria referendum amid boycott calls | Middle East

Algerians snubbed a vote on a revised constitution the government hoped would neutralise a protest movement – one which at its peak swept longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power. With the “yes” camp almost certain to win, the only real question was how many would take part in a poll also seen as a bid to bolster Bouteflika’s successor Abdelmadjid Tebboune, currently hospitalised