By AFPMore by this AuthorALGIERSAlgerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika warned Thursday of the risk of "chaos", on the eve of a major planned protest against his bid for a fifth term in office. "However, we must call for vigilance and caution in case this peaceful expression is infiltrated by some insidious party... which could cause chaos." Algeria has largely avoided the conflicts unleashed by the Arab Spring uprisings that brought down rulers in neighbouring Tunisia and Libya. But discontent, particularly among the country's youth, turned to anger in February as the veteran leader announced another bid for power. In office for two decades, Bouteflika uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013.

Source: Daily Nation March 07, 2019 14:27 UTC