ALGIERS, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Students in Algeria have taken to the streets to protest against President Abdelaziz Boutefika’s bid for a fifth term in office.
Pictures on social media showed rallies in several universities throughout the country with students chanting slogans against Bouteflika running for the presidential election due to be held on April 18.
The 82-year-old President was first elected in 1999.
He uses a wheelchair and rarely appears in public since he suffered a stroke in 2013.
Lawyers organised a sit in on Monday in central Algiers to express their support to the demonstrations against Bouteflika’s election bid and to freedom of expression in the country. — NNN-AGENCIES
