Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned after weeks of mass protests. <br />''<br />''State media said Mr.Bouteflika officially informed the Constitutional Council that he has ended his term of office on Tuesday.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The eighty-two-year-old leader was in power for 20 years and was under mounting pressure to step down since his decision to seek a fifth term. Mr Bouteflika was rarely being seen in public after suffering a stroke in 2013. </span>