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RSS FeedsWit and grit: Algeria`s sizeable youth lead fight for change
(World News USA)

 
 

23 april 2019 10:48:55

 
Wit and grit: Algeria`s sizeable youth lead fight for change
(World News USA)
 


ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - They`re on the peaceful front line of the protest movement that toppled Algeria`s longtime ruler, facing down water cannons with attitude, memes - and fearless calls for shampoo. Oil-rich Algeria is one of the most youthful countries in the world with two-thirds of the population under 30. They are politically engaged, educated, on social media and funny. And they initiated nationwide protests in mid-February that toppled the only leader they`ve ever known - former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power since 1999. `Only Chanel does No. 5,` read the placard of a young Algerian protesting against Bouteflika`s failed bid for a fifth term....


 
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