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Algerian protesters rally as election goes ahead
The military-backed government sees the vote as the only way to end 10 months of unrest that brought down veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April. The...
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Algerians rally for change despite dozens detained
Demonstrators filled avenues in central Algiers chanting slogans against a push to hold presidential elections in July and rejecting calls by the armed forces chief for dialogue.
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Algeria protesters keep up pressure after resignations, arrests
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Friday outside the capital's emblematic post office headquarters, shouting: "You looted the country, thieves!"
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Algeria protesters keep up pressure after resignations, arrests
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Friday outside the capital's emblematic post office headquarters, shouting: 'You looted the country, thieves!'
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Algerians demand more concessions in 9th week of mass protests
Algerians first hit the streets in large numbers on 22 February after the octogenarian leader’s announcement that he would stand for a fifth term in presidential elections.
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Head of Algeria's constitutional council resigns as students protest
Protesters want radical change that will introduce sweeping political reforms Algeria, an Opec oil producer and major supplier of natural gas to Europe.
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Algeria protests keep up pressure on regime
Students and magistrates have called for renewed rallies and marches in the capital and other cities across the north African country.
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Sudan’s Mo Ibrahim urges Al-Bashir to follow Bouteflika into retirement
The telecoms billionaire was speaking in Cote d’Ivoire at a meeting of his foundation that publishes an annual index of good governance and rewards democratically elected African leaders who stand down voluntarily.
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Thousands of protesters reject Algerian interim president
The appointment of upper house chairman Abdelkader Bensalah accords with Algeria’s constitution but many people oppose him.
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Algeria MPs name speaker Bensalah interim president: state TV
The move by parliament follows constitutional rules but goes against the demands of demonstrators, who have pushed for Bensalah and other top politicians to stand down.
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Algeria's caretaker rulers face unrelenting demands for wider change
President Abdelaziz resigned on Tuesday after a final nudge by the military following six weeks of street marches calling for democratic reforms.
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Bouteflika 'apologises' to Algerians in farewell letter - state media
'I leave the political stage without sadness or fear for the future of our country,' Bouteflika said in the letter released by the APS news agency.
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Algerian leader Bouteflika ends 20-year rule after mass protests
State TV later showed a frail-looking Bouteflika, dressed in a traditional winter robe, handing his resignation letter to the head of a constitutional council.
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Algeria army chief demands Bouteflika be declared unfit now
On Monday, Bouteflika, who is 82, in poor health and facing weeks of mass demonstrations against his 20 year rule, had said he would quit before the end of his term on 28 April.
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Algeria's Bouteflika to resign before mandate ends
The 82-year-old would resign 'before 28 April 2019,' after 'important decisions' were taken, it added, without specifying when these moves would occur.
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Algeria's Bouteflika announces new government
State television reported that armed forces chief Ahmed Gaid Salah, who has called for Bouteflika to step down, remained as deputy defence minister.
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Million protest against Algeria's Bouteflika
The huge turnout came days after the military called for the long-serving leader’s removal to end a growing political crisis.
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Protesters gather in Algiers as Bouteflika clings to power
President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, facing the biggest crisis of his 20-year-old rule, has failed to placate Algerians by reversing a decision to seek a fifth term.
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Algeria's Bouteflika: highlights of a long presidency
Key dates in the life of Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, after the army chief of staff on Tuesday called for him to be declared unfit to rule.
