Algeria protests: Fresh demonstrations oppose Bouteflika fifth term
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceProtesters opposing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's plans to run for a fifth term in office have taken to the streets again ahead of the deadline for candidates to register.Police are also guarding the offices of the Constitutional Council where candidates submit their files.
He has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013 and is currently undergoing medical checks in Switzerland. He does not have to be physically present to register his candidacy.Two opposition parties, the Labour Party, and the Islamist Movement of Society for Peace, have said they will boycott the 18 April election.Some threw stones near the presidential palace and were driven back by police firing tear gas. Some 50 police officers - and far fewer protesters - were injured.
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