Demonstrations at universities across the country called on the president of two decades not to run again. Bouteflika has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013.
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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will submit his official application to seek re-election to a fifth term, his campaign manager said Tuesday, despite days of political protests sweeping the country. On Tuesday, university students took to the streets in the latest wave of demonstrations, responding to calls on social media for a rare show of public dissent. They carried banners and chanted slogans against the 81-year-old president, who has governed Algeria for two decades and who has been ailing in recent years.
"Bouteflika, go away!" students called out, waving Algerian flags and singing the national anthem. Demonstrations took place across the nation, from the capital, Algiers, to the port city of Mostaganem in the west and the University of Adrar in the Sahara Desert. The protests came as some students sought to distance themselves from a group of 11 student unions that had declared support for Bouteflika,
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