Congo's interior minister says the president has suspended installing newly elected senators after weekend protests led to violence that killed at least one person.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Monday again defied mass protests calling for his immediate resignation, insisting on a plan to elect a successor only after a national conference and new constitution is approved.
France's prime minister said Paris's police chief had been sacked and that the government would shut down "yellow vest" protests if violent groups were identified among the ranks of "yellow vest" protesters.
The independent Collective of Algerian Medical Residents (CAMRA) called for mass protests on Algeria's independence day celebrations on Tuesday to increase pressure on the country's president who continues to cling to power, according to Reuters. CAMRA said medical students should participate in the protests against President Abdulaziz Bouteflika and denounce the "ruling gangs." Protests have been growing for several weeks amid calls to replace the longtime leader and other veterans of the 1954-1962 war of independence against France. Bouteflika has been in power for more than two decades but announced last week he was reversing his decision to run for a fifth term, but did not stand down....
French President Emmanuel Macron is considering banning "Yellow Vest" protesters from demonstrating along the Champs Elysees after a number of iconic establishments were destroyed over the weekend.
Algeria's doctors have called for mass protests against Abdulaziz Bouteflika during the country's independence day celebrations on Tuesday, ratcheting up pressure on the ailing president who is clinging to power.
