Sick Bouteflika cancels meeting with visiting Saudi crown prince

A previous television image of ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP.

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika called off a meeting with visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday because of ill health, the national news agency APS reported.

It said the 81-year-old president, whose health has been fragile since he suffered a stroke in 2013 and is rarely seen in public, was "in bed with a heavy flu".