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Algeria: Protests Surge as the Country's Elites Hunt for a Credible Successor

Mar 8, 2019 | 20:26 GMT

(Stratfor)

For the third week in a row, thousands of Algerians took to the streets nationwide after Friday prayers to protest President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika's re-election bid in the North African country's April 19 election. The demonstrations -- the largest the Bouteflika government has faced since taking power in 1999 -- have remained largely peaceful, though security forces have used tear gas in some cases. But regardless of whether the protests deepen, the president's era is coming to an end....

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