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The 2019–2021 Algerian protests, also called Revolution of Smiles [26] [27] or Hirak (Arabic: الحِرَاك, romanized: al-Ḥirāk, lit. 'The movement' [28]), began on 16 February 2019, [1] [29] six days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term in a signed statement.
The 2021 Algerian protests were a series of mass protests, nationwide rallies and peaceful demonstrations in Algeria against the government of Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the military. They were first held on the anniversary of the 2019–2020 Algerian protests , which resulted in the ousting of the government of Abdelaziz Bouteflika , after he ...
The 2010–2012 Algerian protests were a series of protests taking place throughout Algeria, lasting from 28 December 2010 to 10 January 2012. The protests had been inspired by similar protests across the Middle East and North Africa .
In the first direct public message to the generals from leaders emerging from nearly a month of mass protests against Bouteflika, the National Coordination for Change said the military should ...
The targets of the anarchic protests included shops, offices, official vehicles, and buildings - which were set on fire [1] [10] [11] — Air Algeria agencies, buses, road signs and other symbols of the state, any automobile that looked expensive, and the expensive Riad al Fath shopping mall on the heights overlooking the capital.
The discussions began as some workers at Algeria's biggest gas field staged a protest against "extending the fourth term", an energy official said, referring to a proposal by Bouteflika to stay in ...
The Berber Spring (in Berber: Tafsut Imaziɣen or simply Tafsut for "Spring") was a period of political protest and civil activism in 1980, claiming recognition of the Berber identity and language in Algeria, with events mainly taking place in Kabylia and Algiers.
The police used tear gas to disperse the protesters. [8] [9] Algeria's major Islamist parties announced a coalition ahead of parliamentary elections. A leader of the Movement of Society for Peace called for more opposition parties to join the alliance "to give the best possible chance for the Arab Spring to happen in Algeria as well". [10]