Tebboune: ‘Mandela joined Algeria revolution to train to overthrow apartheid regime’

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune speaks during the opening ceremony of Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki district of Algiers, Algeria on January 13, 2023. [Presidency of Algeria - Anadolu Agency]

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune spoke about the strong relationship between South African leader Nelson Mandela and Algeria. This profound relationship was the reason for naming the new stadium in the Algerian capital after Mandela, which will host the African Nations Championship (CHAN) opening. In an interview with journalists during his inauguration of the new stadium located in the capital's southern suburbs, Tebboune shared a little-known fact that Mandela joined the Algerian revolution in 1961. He came to be trained by the Mujahideen of the National Liberation Army with his comrades when they were preparing for the revolution in South Africa to overthrow the apartheid regime. When Mandela returned to his country from Algeria, he was arrested and imprisoned. Tebboune added […] Source

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