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Updated August 5, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.* ALGIERS — Three women have announced their candidacy in Algeria’s presidential election, on Sept. 7, which will potentially mark a new chapter in the North African county, five years after peaceful protests forced the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. ✉️ To receive our weekly Women Worldwide newsletter, Click here. The three women are Zoubida Assoul, lawyer and head of the Union for Change and Progress party, and Saida Neghza, president of the General Confederation of Algerian Enterprises, and Louisa Hanoune, head of the leftist Workers’ Party (PT)…

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