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Algeria: Protests Unabated in Algeria Despite President's Promise to Leave
RFI, 12 March 2019
Algerians have returned to the streets for more demonstrations despite President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's announcement that he will not run for a fifth mandate. The government also… Read more »
Protests Unabated in Algeria Despite President's Promise to Leave
The government said the 18 April election would be postponed, but the people want President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his entrourage to leave power immediately.
Algerians protested at the Place de la Republique in central Paris against Bouteflika's intention to seek another term in office.
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Algeria: Trade Unions Refuse to Back New Prime Minister
RFI, 18 March 2019
Thirteen trade unions have announced that they will not give their backing to Algeria's new Prime Minister, Noureddine Bedoui, who has pledged to form a government of technocrats… Read more »
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Algeria: Envoy Seeks to Explain Unrest at Home to U.S. Authorities
VOA, 19 March 2019
Diplomacy always involves delicate balancing acts, but seldom more so than for Algeria's ambassador to the United States, Madjid Bouguerra. Read more »
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Tunisia: Algeria Protest Leaders Tell Army to Stay Out of Politics
Tunis Afrique Presse, 19 March 2019
A new group headed by political leaders, opposition figures and activists called on Algeria's powerful generals to stay out of politics as it pressed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika… Read more »
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Algeria: Large Protests Continue Across Algeria for 4th Friday
VOA, 18 March 2019
Large crowds turned out in the Algerian capital Algiers to protest against the government of ailing President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika for the fourth consecutive Friday. Read more »
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Algeria: How Millennials Used Humour and Creativity to Force Abdelalziz Bouteflika to Stand Aside
The Conversation Africa, 13 March 2019
Nacima Ourahmoune, Kedge Business School Read more »
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Algeria: Bouteflika Believed to Have Returned Home
DW, 10 March 2019
Algeria's ailing and embattled president has returned home after being treated at a Swiss hospital for the past two weeks. His return comes amid a strike and mass protests against… Read more »
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Algeria: Ouyahia Tenders His Resignation to President Bouteflika
Algerie Presse Service, 11 March 2019
President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika received Monday, in Algiers, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia who tendered his resignation to him. Read more »
InFocus
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The Algerian presidency says long-time leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who is 82, will not seek a fifth term as president, despite filing the paperwork to do so. The presidency also ... Read more »
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A Swiss newspaper has said that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is in a permanently "life-threatening" condition as he continues to receive treatment in a Geneva hospital. Algerian ... Read more »
