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Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year dictatorship came to an end after long-running protests by Sudanese demanding democracy.

Africa’s  ‘dinosaurs’ are dying out

Countries in political transition have very little time in which to deliver socioeconomic and political change

On February 22, 2019, thousands of people demonstrate in Algiers and several other cities in the first major protests against Bouteflika’s candidacy in a presidential election set for April. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)

Algeria: six months of anti-regime protests

From anti-Bouteflika to no democracy: Here is a timeline of the events that have occurred in Algeria

Algerian protests will delay the July elections. (Reuters/ Ramiz Boudina)

Algerian presidential elections ‘impossible’ on July 4

The planned vote has drawn widespread protests, with Algerian demonstrators demanding Bouteflika allies step aside before any elections are held

Sadly, though, removing a “Big Man” is not the end of the process of building a democracy but only the beginning.

How democratic revolutions are being subverted in Algeria and Sudan

One of the most misleading myths about African politics is the idea of the all-powerful leader who rules on their own through their cunning and wit

Former Algerian prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia. (Reuters/Ramzi Boudina)

Former Algerian PM questioned in widening probe into longtime elite

Ouyahia served four times as prime minister from 1995, three of them during Bouteflika’s two-decade rule

Guinea’s President Alpha Condé may secure a third term in power if a proposed referendum to change the country’s Constitution in this regard is successful. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

Guinea’s Condé eyes third term

Even as Algeria and Sudan have rid themselves of their long-standing leaders, Guinea may be about to create a new president-for-life

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. (Andrew Caballero Reynolds/Pool/Reuters)

Sisi, Egypt’s undisputed leader

Sisi, as a champion of stability, commands the support of Western powers

In Algiers, police still guard the construction site, which so far is only accessible to the workers. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)

Bouteflika’s mosque seen as monument to megalomania

Built with the nation’s vast oil wealth, the monument on the Bay of Algiers will be the world’s third biggest mosque and Africa’s largest

Sudanese women take the fore in the protests against Omar al-Bashir. (Getty Images)

Women take leading role in Sudan protests

Demonstrations against Omar al-Bashir started in December, but the women of Sudan are now taking the lead

Algeria’s ailing leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika submitted his resignation with immediate effect.

Algeria’s Bouteflika resigns after weeks of protest

The 82-year-old finally resigned from office and Algerian citizens took to the streets to celebrate

Algeria’s Bouteflika to resign ‘before mandate ends’

Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign as president before his mandate expires on April 28.

Women in the Middle East and North Africa are pushing back against patriarchy. (Ryad Kramdi/AFP)

Algerian protesters unrelenting

Despite president pulling out of election race, demonstrators continue to call for his departure

On February 22, 2019, thousands of people demonstrate in Algiers and several other cities in the first major protests against Bouteflika’s candidacy in a presidential election set for April. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)
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Football fans, Algeria’s invisible catalyst

Protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika have been fanned by football followers, whose stadium chants have been heard across the country

Demonstrations against Bouteflika’s bid for another term have brought tens of thousands of protesters onto the streets for each of the last three Fridays. (AFP)

Bouteflika drops bid for fifth term after protests

"Peacefully, we have overthrown the puppet!" people sang in Algiers following the president’s decision

A student protests against Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Algiers, Algeria. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)

Bouteflika ‘returns’ to strike-hit Algeria from Geneva

Bouteflika has been in power since 1999 and his rare public appearances since his stroke have been in a wheelchair.