Protests Held Across Algeria Against Fifth Term for President
Algerian demonstrators scuffle with security forces during a demonstration in Algiers on Feb. 22, 2019.
Photographer: Ryad Kramdi/AFP via Getty Images
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Police fired tear gas on Friday to disperse thousands of mostly young Algerians protesting in the capital for political change and calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika not to seek a fifth term at elections in April.
Demonstrators poured out of mosques after Friday prayers and marched past the prime minister’s office in Algiers and onto the presidential palace, in the largest anti-government rally in the North African oil producer for years.