Bouteflika: Algerians have to cross from one world to another for peace

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said the "Algerians have to cross from one world to another, if they want to surpass and leave behind seven years of violence so as to live in peace."

In a statement to the French magazine "The Express" to be published today, he called on all various ethnic groups in the country to learn how to live together and coexist.

Meanwhile, the Algerian Ministry of the Interior announced a campaign to orient the citizens on the importance of the referendum on national reconciliation, due to be held on September 16.

In this respect, Minister of Religious Affairs Bouabdallah Ghoulemallah started on Thursday a tour of Algeria's mosques to inform the sheikhs and imams of mosques (14,000) of the need for national reconciliation.

The number of people who are eligible to take part in the referendum is estimated at 17.5 million, who will they cast their votes at 39,000 balloting boxes, including 600 mobile balloting boxes for the desert and remote mountainous areas.

Meanwhile, the Algerian L'Occidential said that five persons were killed and another two wounded in a bomb explosion when their car passed through the Mursat area, in Tebessa province, 630 km, southeast of the capital, Algiers, near the border with Tunisia.

Another Algerian daily said one person was killed on Monday night at a fake road block, also in the district of Tebessa.