Algerians mobilise to mark protest movement's first birthday

Algeria this weekend marks a year since the birth of an unprecedented protest movement known as"Hirak" - one that quickly forced an ailing president from power and is now looking to maintain momentum.

Anti-riot police were deployed but did not disperse the crowd, which chanted"We have come to celebrate, we have come to free you" and"We're not going to stop." Protests first erupted on February 22 last year, in response to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announcing he intended a run for a fifth term - despite being debilitated by a 2013 stroke.

But many boycotted the poll - even the official turnout was below 40% - and demonstrators remain numerous.

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