The coordinator of protests sweeping across Algeria for the past week has called for wholesale regime change as tens of thousands are expected to take to the streets on Friday. “The president must go, the government must resign, and the fake national assembly – all these need to be dismantled,” he said. Thousands of students across Algeria joined the protests on Tuesday, voicing demands that Bouteflika drop his bid for re-election, calling him unfit to rule. Right now, the press in Algeria isn’t exactly free – it’s manipulated, and they came to say that this needs to change and the press must be respected,” he said. “Everyone has the right to support their candidate, and be against any other candidate.

Source: The Guardian February 28, 2019 11:14 UTC