Algeria: Protests in Algeria As President Poised to Run for 5th Term

Anti-government demonstrations broke out as the deadline loomed for Bouteflika to file for his contested fifth run at the presidency. The "living dead" president is rarely seen in public.

Hundreds of police and soldiers were deployed in Algeria's capital Algiers on Sunday as President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was set to officially register to run for a highly controversial fifth term in office. The country has been gripped by widespread protests all week over Bouteflika's decision, with at least one protestor being killed in clashes with police.

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