After initial celebration, thousands of students along with some lecturers held a new protest in the capital Tuesday, accusing Bouteflika of "tricks". "The students are resisting the extension of the fourth mandate," they chanted in an Algiers square that has been the epicentre of protests demanding Bouteflika resign. "In the place of a fifth term, he is extending his fourth term." Bouteflika has named interior minister Noureddine Bedoui as the new prime minister to replace the unpopular Ahmed Ouyahia. The Liberte daily denounced a "sham" while El Khabar newspaper said Bouteflika wanted "to remain president without elections".

Source: Daily Nation March 13, 2019 05:37 UTC