Algeria’s former finance minister Karim Djoudi has appeared before the Supreme Court to face questions about corruption accusations.
Djoudi served as finance minister under Ouyahia from June 2007 to May 2014 when he resigned on health grounds before being named Bouteflika’s adviser for the past two years. Bouteflika’s youngest brother, Said, and two former intelligence chiefs have been placed in custody by a military judge for “harming the army’s authority and plotting against state authority”.