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Algerians take to streets again to protest Boteflika’s bid to stay in power
Mar 20, 2019 06:02Algerians hold a fresh protest in the capital shortly after the country’s 82-year-old president said he will stay in power when his term expires next month.
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More ruling party officials ditching Algeria’s Bouteflika
Mar 15, 2019 15:16A senior leader of Algeria’s ruling FLN Party says President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is “history now,” in another sign that the party is potentially embracing the cause of the recent widespread protests against the long-time president.
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Thousands demand quick change after Bouteflika concessions
Mar 12, 2019 17:14Thousands protested across Algeria on Tuesday, demanding immediate political changes a day after ailing President Abelaziz Bouteflika abandoned his bid for a fifth term in power but stopped short of stepping down.
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Algerian President Bouteflika abandons re-election bid amid protests
Mar 12, 2019 07:55Algeria’s octogenarian president has abandoned his attempt to contest a fifth term amid nearly-month-long protests against the country’s changeless political scene.
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Algeria orders early university as student anti-govt. protests continue
Mar 09, 2019 17:54Algerian authorities have ordered the universities to commence their spring holiday earlier than scheduled, a move perceived as an apparent attempt to weaken two-weeks-long protest rallies led by students against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika over his decision to seek a fifth term in office.
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Algerians protest against President Bouteflika
Mar 08, 2019 16:40Thousands of Algerians have staged a protest in the capital, Algiers, against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to seek a fifth term in office, a day after he warned of the risk of “chaos.”
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Algeria’s Bouteflika vows not to ‘serve full term’ if elected
Mar 04, 2019 13:21Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has for the fifth term submitted his candidacy for the country’s presidential votes, but offered to step down after a year if re-elected for a fifth term in office amid mass protests against his 20 years in power.
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Algerians stage fresh protests as Bouteflika eyes 5th term
Mar 03, 2019 17:41Thousands of people have staged new rallies in the Algerian capital and other cities to demand that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika abandon his plan to stand for a fifth term in the upcoming election.
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Thousands of Algerians protest against President Bouteflika’s bid for another term
Mar 01, 2019 18:21Thousands of people in Algeria have taken to the streets of the capital, Algiers, to protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term in office.
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Algeria: Clashes erupt as protesters rally against Bouteflika bid for 5th term
Feb 23, 2019 07:04Protesters clashed with police as thousands demonstrated in Algiers on Friday against a bid by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a fifth term in office.