First Mass Protests in Algeria in Decades

[thatrapsfan]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Against 5th term for a President who is physically incapacitated and hasn’t spoken for years.

 

[thatrapsfan]

Algerians are rabid soccer fans and trolled the riot police with the faux cheer every time they let off a tear gas round:

 

[Techniec]

the arab country with the most potential

i pray to see the day they actualize it

 

[thatrapsfan]

the arab country with the most potential

i pray to see the day they actualize it

Algeria Protests Grow Against President Bouteflika, Ailing and Out of Sight Biggest protests since 1988 yesterday. Security forces haven’t been heavy handed so far, strangely enough.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Against 5th term for a President who is physically incapacitated and hasn’t spoken for years.

 

[BoBurnz]

Abdelaziz had a massive stroke in 2013, there's a lot of people that believe with good cause that the man has literally been brain dead for the last several years and that his family and the military have been hiding it to stay in power. Awful situation, the people have been suffering so a man that's already fukking dead can have his actual corpse propped up every few years so that his family and former cronies can continue to enrich themselves.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

His candidacy has been formally declared

 

[newworldafro]

 

[dtownreppin214]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Against 5th term for a President who is physically incapacitated and hasn’t spoken for years.

he hasn't spoken publicly in years or spoken period?

 

[thatrapsfan]

he hasn't spoken publicly in years or spoken period?

Well hard to distinguish between the two, as the Government isnt truthful about health. Likely the latter, but that he hasnt spoken publicly is what can be confirmed.

 

[thatrapsfan]

Letter addressed by the President says he will step down after a year, if re-elected This was meant to be a concession to the protesters, but will likely only embolden them. Expect huge protests on Friday again.

Very hard to predict where this will go. Algeria is the biggest country in Africa by landmass, has significant oil and gas reserves, and co-operates on security vis-a-vis AQ and others. However the situation goes, could have big impact on the region at large.

 

[thatrapsfan]

Breaking news. President announces he will no longer run for 5th term and elections will be postponed. His long-time PM also resigned. Biggest victory for protests in the region since 2011. @Techniec

 

[mbewane]

the arab country with the most potential

i pray to see the day they actualize it

Most Algerians I've met don't actually identify as Arabs.

 

[mbewane]

Breaking news. President announces he will no longer run for 5th term and elections will be postponed. His long-time PM also resigned. Biggest victory for protests in the region since 2011. @Techniec

That's crazy. I was at a demonstration yesterday here in Paris and the energy was at a whole other level

A friend of mine who is in Algiers now stays skeptical about this move. The fact that the elections are postponed means that he (and more importantly, the clique around him who is pulling the strings) stays in power for another year and has time to stabilize their situation. A victory yes but like someone said yesterday at the demonstration it's much deeper than Boutef.

 

[Techniec]

Most Algerians I've met don't actually identify as Arabs.

How many of them speak Amazigh