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Algeria stage new mass protests against Bouteflika
Despite bad weather, a two-kilometre long column of people snaked through one of the main streets of the capital Algiers to rally at the Grand Post Office in the city centre.
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Algeria set for further mass protests against Bouteflika
Organisers have used social media this week to call for further protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and those around him.
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Alegria general praises anti-Bouteflika protesters
Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah’s comments came as an influential party in the governing coalition publicly turned on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and those around him.
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New Algerian PM says new government will be ‘technocratic’
Noureddine Bedoui’s promise at a news conference in Algiers comes after ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika decided not to run for a fifth term.
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Macron aims to counter Chinese influence with Africa visit
French President Emmanuel Macron will talk to President Uhuru Kenyatta about infrastructural developments, including a commuter rail in the country.
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Algerian students protest against Bouteflika 'tricks'
Half a dozen police vans were parked around the Place de la Grande Poste, which has been the epicentre of protests demanding the 82-year-old leader step down.
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Algeria's Bouteflika abandons re-election bid after weeks of protest
The veteran revolutionary also postponed an election that had been set for April, and promised social and economic reform.
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Algeria judges refuse to oversee vote if Bouteflika participates - statement
Thousands from all social classes have been demonstrating unrelentingly for three weeks against Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decision to stand in April’s election.
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika to return to Algeria - source
The ailing president has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013.
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Algeria orders early university holiday as students spur protests
Without giving a reason for the move, the Higher Education Ministry has said in a decree that the spring break would be brought forward by 10 days.
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Swiss court receives petition to protect Algeria’s Bouteflika
The petition came as tens of thousands of people protested in Algeria against the ailing leader’s bid to secure a fifth term in the country’s 18 April elections.
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Thousands protest in Algeria as Bouteflika stays defiant
In a message released on the eve of the fresh protests, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika warned that trouble-makers may try to infiltrate the demonstrations.
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Cracks appear in Algeria's elite as embattled Bouteflika buys time
Ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s offer on Sunday to limit his term after April’s election took some of the steam out of the protests.
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Social media breaks 'wall of fear' for Algeria protesters
When protests began on 22 February, young Algerians were not only calling for the president to go but also voicing their bitterness at a lack of opportunities.
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France notes Bouteflika candidacy, says up to Algerians to decide future
Algerian President Bouteflika, facing mass protests over his 20 years in power, will run in April’s elections.
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Algeria's Bouteflika vows not to serve full term if re-elected
The ailing leader vowed in a letter read out on air to organise a "national conference" that would set a date for early polls in which he would not take part.
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Main dates and health problems during the career of Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Main dates and health problems during the career of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, candidate for a fifth term as president of Algeria.
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Thousands of Algerians protests against Bouteflika’s re-election bid
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 81, who suffered a stroke in 2013, has been seen in public only a few times since and has given no known speeches in years.
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Algerians hold new demos against 5th term for Bouteflika
Sunday's rally came in response to calls posted by anonymous users on social media.
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Africa's longest-reigning heads of state
The longevity in power of African heads of state.
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Algeria's Bouteflika confirms run for 5th term: state media
Abdelaziz Bouteflika uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013.
