Hundreds of students took part in new protests Sunday in the Algerian capital Algiers and other cities against a fifth term for ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who faced a midnight deadline to register for April elections. Chanting “Bouteflika go away”, more than 100 students...
Anti-government protests resumed in Algeria Sunday when hundreds of students gathered in the capital to demand Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika abandon his plan to stand for a fifth term in April elections, witnesses said. Algerians have taken to the streets since demonstrations...
Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika sacked his campaign manager on Saturday, state media reported, following mass protests against the ailing leader’s decision to stand for a fifth term in office. Former premier Abdelmalek Sellal was replaced as campaign manager by...
Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika remains at a Swiss hospital as protests grow in his country against his bid for a fifth term, the Tribune de Geneve newspaper reported Wednesday. Citing what it described as multiple and well-informed sources, the TdG reported that Bouteflika...