Djamila Ould Khettab

Plagued by health prob­lems for years, the long-serv­ing leader held onto pow­er us­ing re­pres­sion and oil prof­its.

Al­ge­ri­ans de­mand a com­plete over­haul of the rul­ing elite as they con­tin­ue protests that top­pled ex-leader Boute­fli­ka.

Ex­treme­ly low turnout re­port­ed in pres­i­den­tial vote as demon­stra­tors in Al­giers say deep re­forms need­ed be­fore polls.

Turnout ex­pect­ed to be low with pro­test­ers say­ing elec­tion is de­signed to pre­serve the sta­tus quo.

Demon­stra­tors de­mand sweep­ing, sys­temic po­lit­i­cal change be­fore any pres­i­den­tial vote takes place.

Al­ger­ian fans pour onto streets to cel­e­brate foot­ball tri­umph as pop­u­lar de­mands for po­lit­i­cal sys­tem over­haul con­tin­ue.

Boute­fli­ka’s res­ig­na­tion prompts ju­bi­la­tion in Al­giers but many say they will con­tin­ue to protest against gov­ern­ment.

Op­po­si­tion lead­ers say gen­er­al’s call for Boute­fli­ka to be de­clared un­fit to rule is a ma­noeu­vre to pre­serve old guard.

The Na­tion­al Co­or­di­na­tion for Change laid out plans for a tran­si­tion, but re­ceived mixed re­ac­tions from pro­test­ers.

Al­ger­ian pres­i­dent’s move not to stand for fifth term fails to sat­is­fy pro­test­ers as elec­tions in­def­i­nite­ly post­poned.