Algeria: Court jailed two former PMs for corruption cases

In Algeria, a court yesterday jailed two former Prime Ministers for corruption. The verdicts come ahead two days before of presidential election. Ahmed Ouyahia, who was Prime Minister for four times, received a 15-year jail sentence and Abdelmalek Sellal, who was twice premier, was jailed for 12 years.

Both were accused of abusing



authority in a car manufacturing embezzlement scandal. The court also handed 10-year prison terms to two former industry ministers, and sentences ranging from three to seven years to five prominent businessmen. It was the first time since Algeria's independence from France in 1962 that ex-prime ministers were put on trial.