Police officers gather near the Presidential Palace in Algiers October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's government has reached a deal to end a three-day protest by police officers who had staged a sit-in outside President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's office demanding better working conditions, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
More than a thousand Algerian policemen camped outside the Bouteflika's office in Algiers in a rare protest by one of the country's security forces, triggered by complaints from riot units controlling clashes in a southern desert town.
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