Election workers count ballots at the end of voting for presidential election at a polling station in Algiers, Algeria December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
ALGIERS (Reuters) - A former prime minister was elected Algeria's new president in a vote the authorities hope will end months of turmoil, but protesters who toppled his predecessor marched again on Friday, vowing their movement would not stop.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 74, campaigned as a technocrat who had proven his integrity by being sacked for falling out with powerful business tycoons after just three months serving as prime minister in 2017 under veteran ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
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