A thousand demonstrators in central Algiers chanted slogans decrying a push to hold presidential elections in July and rejecting calls by the armed forces chief for dialogue. Protesters are looking to keep up the pressure on the North African state’s ruling elite with weekly rallies despite the end of Bouteflika’s two-decade rule. Police had earlier rounded some 50 people, mainly young men, in the heart of Algiers ahead of the planned protest. Demonstrators taking to the streets are demanding the resignation of all those tainted by ties to the former regime. Last Friday the police made numerous arrests in central Algiers of protesters carrying placards and the national flag.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 31, 2019 12:45 UTC