The death of the Algerian Army Chief of Staff Ahmed Qaid Saleh
19 December 2019, Algeria, Algiers: Algerian Army Chief of Staff, Ahmed Gaid Salah attends the swearing-in ceremony of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. Photo: Farouk Batiche/dpa (Photo by Farouk Batiche/picture alliance via Getty Images)
The Algerian private television channel, Al-Nahar, said that the army’s chief of staff, Ahmed Gaid Saleh, had died, while the country was witnessing political divisions over the army’s dominant role in the country.