Algerian former PM sentenced five years of imprisonment

Algiers: The Algerian court sentenced five year prison sentences the country's former Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui to and former health minister Abdelmalek Boudiaf.

According to foreign media, the former Prime Minister of Algeria Noureddine has been sentenced by the court on charges of corruption.

Both individuals have been fined with one million Algerian dinars, the state news agency said.

The sentences from the economic and financial Penal Court were related to a corruption case.