FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators carry a national flag during a protest against the country's ruling elite and rejecting a December presidential election in Algiers, Algeria October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Young Algerians protesting against a presidential election candidate scuffled with riot police in an eastern town late on Wednesday, residents said, as pressure builds between the ruling elite and its opponents before the contested Dec. 12 vote.
Peaceful mass protests have taken place weekly this year across Algeria, dislodging the veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April and continuing to demand that the rest of the old guard of leaders step aside.
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