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		</div><p>Masses of Algerians surged through the capital and rallied in other cities against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term.</p>
<p>It was an exceptional popular challenge to the country’s secretive leadership.</p>
<p>Protesters surged past a barricade and defied repeated volleys of tear gas fired by police in the march in Algiers.</p>
<p>Most marchers were peaceful but a small group throwing stones clashed at the end of the event with police, causing some injuries.</p>
<figure id="attachment_127045" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-127045" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/B5AD80D0-B5B1-4808-94BB-CB96F0EFCFF9.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-127045" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/B5AD80D0-B5B1-4808-94BB-CB96F0EFCFF9.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-127045" class="wp-caption-text">Protesters clash with police</figcaption></figure>
<p>Such anti-government protests are unusual in Algeria, where questions are growing about Mr Bouteflika’s fitness for office after a 2013 stroke that has left him largely hidden from public.</p>
<p>Police helicopters circled overhead as crowds gathered in streets and parks of Algiers after midday Muslim prayer services to join the march.</p>
<p>Organisers of the social media-driven movement hope the protest will send a loud signal of public discontent to Algeria’s secretive leadership before the April 18 presidential election.</p>
<p>“For a free and democratic Algeria!” shouted some demonstrators, or “No fifth term!”</p>
<figure id="attachment_127048" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-127048" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/125460EB-8215-4CF9-B8B5-15950B1DD4FA.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-127048" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/125460EB-8215-4CF9-B8B5-15950B1DD4FA.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="399" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-127048" class="wp-caption-text">A woman poses with a sign reading No To A Fifth Term</figcaption></figure>
<p>The crowd included families with small children and women in headscarves or jeans.</p>
<p>Riot police lined key avenues, determined to keep marchers from nearing government buildings.</p>
<p>Bursts of tear gas fire punctuated the afternoon, starting soon after crowds started gathering.</p>
<figure id="attachment_127047" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-127047" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CEBB98F5-CC7F-477C-A9F7-30B0E30FAE51.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-127047" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CEBB98F5-CC7F-477C-A9F7-30B0E30FAE51.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-127047" class="wp-caption-text">Demonstrators carry their national flag</figcaption></figure>
<p>More and more demonstrators joined in as the group marched along a route parallel to the city’s Mediterranean shore.</p>
<p>Police stopped the crowd near the central post office, and the protesters’ chants briefly fell silent as they joined together to sing the Algerian national anthem.</p>
<p>Then the crowd overwhelmed a police barricade, pushing on toward Martyrs’ Square in the historic Casbah neighbourhood.</p>
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