Tag Archives: Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Students protest in Algiers

April 12, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Thousands of students are marching in Algeria’s capital to demand the resignation of the education minister in the latest anti-government protests to sweep across the Arab world. The students are defying a longtime ban on protests in Algiers … read more »

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Thousands of police gather in Algerian capital

April 3, 2011 by benim

About 2,500 Algerian auxiliary policemen gathered on Sunday to await President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s response to their demands for better pay and conditions issued at a huge rally a month ago. The president’s office had said it would announce its reply … read more »

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Algerian president promises political reforms

March 20, 2011 by benim

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is pledging to make political reforms in the north African country, whose repressive government and widespread poverty and unemployment have led to unprecedented street demonstrations on the capital’s streets in recent weeks. Bouteflika promised “the opening … read more »

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5 die as bomb hits vehicle in Algeria

March 9, 2011 by benim

Algiers – A bomb struck a vehicle in Algeria and killed five people, media reported on Wednesday, in the deadliest attack in months as the country battles violence blamed on Islamist militants. Three of the people killed in Tuesday’s blast … read more »

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Angola arrests 15 before protest

March 7, 2011 by benim

Luanda – Opponents of Angola’s long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos vowed to push through with a planned protest on Monday despite some 15 arrests, including those of three journalists. Three reporters of the Novo Jornal daily, their driver and … read more »

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Thousands of police rally in Algeria

March 7, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Thousands of community police officers rallied on Monday in Algiers to demand higher wages, breaking through heavy security cordons to reach parliament, an AFP journalist said. The demonstrators, who provide police services in Algerian villages, were surrounded by … read more »

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Algerian police out in force

February 26, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Several hundred riot police were out in force on Saturday to block a new opposition attempt to stage an anti-government march in the centre of the Algerian capital. The demonstration against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decades-old regime was set … read more »

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Algeria to lift state of emergency

February 22, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Algeria’s presidency says the country’s cabinet has approved a plan to lift a state of emergency in place for 19 years. The country’s government has already announced the plan, but the cabinet gave it formal approval on Tuesday. … read more »

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Algeria braces for second pro-democracy rally

February 19, 2011 by benim

Pro-democracy protesters in Algeria vowed to hold a march Saturday even though thousands of police blocked their path a week ago. The new march comes amid weeks of strikes and scattered protests in the North African country, which has promised … read more »

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Algeria cops arrest 400 marchers

February 12, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Thousands of police in riot gear blocked off the centre of Algeria’s capital on Saturday and stopped government opponents from staging a protest march that sought to emulate Egypt’s popular revolt. Small groups of demonstrators angry at President … read more »

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Algerian police out in force for protest

February 12, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Thousands of Algerian police with hundreds of vehicles mobilised in central Algiers on Saturday to head off a banned march by pro-democracy campaigners heartened by the downfall of Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak. Already on Friday, officers had broken … read more »

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Algeria Authorities ban opposition march

February 7, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Authorities in Algiers announced on Monday they had banned an opposition rally set for the capital next Saturday to call for an end to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s rule. The city hall said the march planned by an … read more »

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