Algeria enters uncertain new phase as disaffected population finds its voice


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Issue 388 - 14 Mar 2019 | 8 minute read

The announcement that Abdelaziz Bouteflika would not seek a fifth term in the planned 18 April presidential election answered only some critical questions about Algeria’s immediate future. It showed that the ruling factions were not prepared to turn the state’s mighty armoury on peaceful demonstrators to keep the 82-year-old invalid in power.

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