algeria will hold a presidential election on december the 12th interim president of the katter ben salam made the announcements in a televised speech saying it was an urgent step for the country mass antigovernment protests forced a longtime president of the beautiful fleet got to resign in april. is widely viewed as the tests of one of the world's youngest democracies counting is underway in the 1st round of tunisia's presidential election the country was the birthplace of the arab spring and this is the 2nd time voters have had a chance to choose their leader in free and fair elections but the country's electoral commission says that turnout was low at just 45 percent. 26 names are on the ballot paper though only 24 candidates the standing to withdrew from the race just days ago to support a former rival the head of the polo is no clear front runner among the most prominent of the hopefuls yousif shy hate who served as prime minister since 2016. media mogul now bill curry who is in prison on suspicion of tax evasion and money laundering before official results are out clearly spokesman