ALGIERS (DPA) - Algeria's national team arrived back home on Saturday (July 20) to a hero's welcome after they claimed their second Africa Cup title the day before. Algeria clinched the continental trophy after a 1-0 win in the final in Cairo thanks to an early deflected goal from Baghdad Bounedjah. The team later boarded a bus and greeted fans who lined the road from the airport into the city. Thousands more converged on the city's major squares, waving the national flag and sporting the team's shirt in celebration of the Fennecs' triumph. Since then, demonstrations have continued in Algeria to pressure key Bouteflika-era officials into leaving and demand an overhaul of the political system.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 20, 2019 15:11 UTC