Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has announced that he will not seek a fifth term and delayed the 18th of next month's Presidential polls following weeks of protests against his candidacy. <br />''<br />''The announcement was greeted with celebratory hooting of car horns in the streets of Algiers. In a message carried by national news agency APS, the 82-year-old leader said, the elections would follow a national conference on political and constitutional reform to be carried out by the end of this year. He did not give a date or timeline for the delayed election.<br />'' <br />''The ailing leader, who has been confined to a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in 2013, said a government reshuffle would also take place.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">According to APS, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia resigned yesterday and was replaced by Interior Minister Noureddine Bedoui. Ramtane Lamamra was named deputy prime minister, a position that did not exist before.</span>