First photos of Algeria's Bouteflika since mini-stroke The first pictures to emerge of Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika since he was hospitalised in France in April after a mini-stroke were published by the national APS news agency on Wednesday. Wearing a dressing gown, he was pictured on Tuesday receiving Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal and army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah in the Paris hospital where he is convalescing. Images of the pictures posted on the home page of the Algerian National news agency