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March 29, 2019
Algerianpolice fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse crowds on Friday afterprotesters calling for the resignation of President Abdel Aziz Bouteflikahurled stones at them.
Thousandsare gathering for the sixth successive Friday of mass anti-government protests.
Earlierthis week an army general, Luitenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah, called for theposition of president to made vacant.
Butopposition parties in Algeria said it would not guarantee free elections.
OnFriday, riot police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds in thecentre of the capital Algiers.
Therenewed calls for regime change come just days after Luitenant General AhmedGaed Salah demanded that Mr Bouteflika be declared unfit to rule.
Demonstrationsagainst Bouteflika began last month after the president, who has seldom beenseen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013, announced that he would standfor another term.