(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 23, 2017, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen while voting at a polling station in the capital Algiers during polls for local elections. Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will seek a fifth term in April elections, the country's official APS news agency said on February 10. The 81-year-old head of state, in power since 1999, announced his candidacy in a message to the nation sent to the agency, said APS, which will release it later in the day. / AFP / RYAD KRAMDI