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Algeria protesters demand army quit politics
The demonstrations in the capital Algiers and several other cities follow a ruling by a prominent independent cleric this week.
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The demonstrations in the capital Algiers and several other cities follow a ruling by a prominent independent cleric this week.
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Chief of Army Staff Gaed Salah says a constitutional provision should be activated to declare the 82-year-old as unfit for ...
“Generals used to sack, not to be sacked,” said one retired intelligence officer."
Since a stroke in 2013, Mr. Bouteflika, 80, has appeared rarely in public.