At least 2,000 demonstrators Sunday gathered in Paris and other French cities to protest Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid to stand for a…
At least 2,000 demonstrators Sunday gathered in Paris and other French cities to protest Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid to stand for a fifth term in office.
The demonstrations coincide with large-scale rallies in Algeria to denounce the ailing president’s bid to hang on to power.
Bouteflika, 82, who uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013, flew to Switzerland a week ago for what his office described as «routine medical checks».
An AFP journalist said hundreds of demonstrators from Algeria’s large diaspora were gathered in the Place de la Republique, in central Paris, as they waved their national flag, many shouting, «out, out».
