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Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 0:43:55 GMT -5
Since February of this year, every Tuesday and Friday the streets of Algiers and other Algerian cities are filled with protesters shouting “yatnahaw ga” (everyone leave). On Tuesdays the students leave and on Fridays other dissatisfied citizens join them. Protesters demand political and social change that will bring the country out of stagnation. Young people do not expect much, just to have a job with which to prosper, to be able to support a family and greater opportunities to participate in the public life of their country. The Algerian regime managed to stay in power for decades with the profits resulting from hydrocarbon exports, spending $ billion in recent years to calm social demands without being Iraq Telegram Number Data able to move the country's economy forward. This is why young people demand an authentic renewal of the government teams still in the hands of the septuagenarian leaders who led the national liberation war between and The main European countries affected by the political instability in Algeria are Spain, France, Italy and to a lesser extent Germany. Meanwhile, the gerontocracy refuses to give up its positions of privilege. He reluctantly agreed to “retire” the sick president Abdelaziz Bouteflika (), on April After twenty years in power, the last six prostrate in a wheelchair and almost unable to speak. The military, the real power behind the Bouteflika clan, was forced to take center stage in the decisions. The Chief of Staff and Deputy Minister of Defense, Ahmed Gaïd Salah (), publicly became the country's new strongman, consummating what in practice was a military coup d'état with civilian coverage.
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