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President Bouteflika 'to quit by 28 April' but a protester vows to continue

On Monday, Algeria's state media announced that the country's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before his mandate expires on 28 April. There have been mass nationwide demonstrations against his presidency. Soumes Farah is a film-maker who has both documented the protests and participated in them. She spoke to Newsday's Lawrence Pollard.

(Photo: Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Credit: Billal Bensalem/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

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