Protests were expected throughout Algeria on Sunday, as demonstrators anticipate confirmation that the country's ailing and absent president Abdelaziz Bouteflika will run for a fifth term in office
Protesters have already sparked one of the nation's largest displays of public dissent since its war of independence from France ended in 1962, filling several streets in the capital Algiers and demanding that the 82-year-old leader withdraw his name from next month's election.But action is expected to escalate ahead of the Sunday evening deadline for Bouteflika -- who suffered a stroke in 2013 and has rarely been seen in public since -- to formally declare his candidacy.
Read MorePolice vans and anti-riot vehicles surrounded government buildings in Algiers on Sunday morning ahead of the anticipated demonstrations.At least one man died and 183 people were injured in earlier action on Friday, the Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform said.
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