Algeria protesters press for new government leadership beyond a new president
by Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times
Apr 10, 2019
3 minutes
BEIRUT - It took six weeks for Algerian protesters to force Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the country's 82-year-old ailing president, to end his nearly 20-year rule this month.
But the protests, which began in February and drew millions of people - students, lawyers, farmers, artists, workers, public employees - on successive Fridays, have not stopped.
Instead, they spawned daily demonstrations that have coalesced around the slogan "Yetnahaw gaa": All must go.
On Tuesday, protesters calling for a clean slate of leadership in the North African country made clear that
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