Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, pictured on January 14, 2013 in Algiers. By Farouk Batiche (AFP/File)
ALGIERS (AFP) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a mini-stroke Saturday but is not experiencing any lasting effects, the APS news agency reported.
Bouteflika, 76, had a “transient ischemia”, a temporary blockage of blood flow often called a “mini-stroke”, Rachid Bougherbal, the director of the National Sports Medicine Centre, told APS, adding that there was no cause for “any anxiety” over the president’s health.