"Hundreds of thousands of people gathered for protests in Algeria for the eighth Friday in a row. The discontent has not subsided following the announcement that the longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resign."
"the Crowds marks against interimsledaren Abdelkader Bensalah, against the broader power elite that stood behind Bouteflika of algeria and demand that corrupt leaders are brought to justice."
"Kravallutrustad police used water cannons in an attempt to disperse the crowd outside the main post office, a landmark in the capital city of Algiers."
"The powerful military, which brought it in the day 82-year-old Bouteflika to power 20 years ago distanced themselves from him when the protests escalated. Bouteflika himself has barely been seen in public since a stroke in 2013 and there has been a question mark for how involved he has been in recent years in the decision-making."