After Algerian landslide, what next?

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s frail president won a fourth term in a landslide victory, but it only masks a bigger question for this oil-rich North African nation — what now? It’s still unclear who will eventually succeed the 77-year-old leader who has been in power since 1999 and deal with an emboldened opposition.

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who had a stroke last year, won a staggering 81 percent of the vote in Thursday’s election despite not even appearing in his own campaign.