Reuters: Hundreds of thousands back on Algeria's streets, demanding radical reform
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators returned to Algeria’s streets on Friday to press demands for sweeping democratic change well beyond former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s resignation, chanting “we do what we want”, witnesses said.
The march was peaceful, like most of the demonstrations in the country over the last two months.
But an 18-year old who was injured during last week’s protest in Algiers, when clashes broke out, died on Friday of injuries to the head, Ennahar TV said. It said police were investigating the death, adding that he could have been beaten or fallen from a truck.
Parliament named an interim president and a July 4 election date was set in a transition endorsed by Algeria’s powerful military. But Bouteflika’s exit on April 2 failed to satisfy many Algerians who want to topple the entire elite that has dominated the country since independence from France in 1962.
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Update: 'The B's must go': Algerians keep up pressure on old guard (Al Jazeera)
WNU editor: The mob is back on the streets.
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