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Algeria censors papers for Bouteflika ‘coma’ reports

Algeria censored two newspapers for reporting that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has fallen into a coma three weeks after being hospitalised in Paris, fuelling speculation on Sunday about his health. The Algiers public prosecutor ordered legal action against the newspaper’s chief editor, Hichem Aboud.