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 * Tunisia: Although Tunisia's president Beji Caid Essebsi has stated that the Algerian people are “free to express themselves on their own governance as they wish” [150], no further comment regarding Tunisia's government's stance on the events was made. Demonstrations were organized on March 9th during which Tunisian civilians showed their solidarity to their Algerian counterparts. [150]
 * Morocco: Given the tense relations between Algeria and Morocco, the Moroccan government has not issued any official statement regarding the protests. [150]

The 2019 Algerian protests, began on 16 February 2019, ten days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term in a signed statement. These protests, without precedent since the Algerian Civil War, have been peaceful and led the military to insist on Bouteflika's immediate resignation, which took place on 2 April 2019.[6] By early May, a significant number of power-brokers close to the deposed administration, including the former president's younger brother Saïd, had been arrested.

The rising tensions within the Algerian regime can be traced back to the beginning of Bouteflika’s rule which has been characterized by the state’s monopoly on natural resources revenues used to finance the government’s clientelism system and ensure its stability[7]. The major demonstrations have taken place in the largest urban centers of the country throughout the months of February, March and April 2019. Due to their significant scale, the protests have attracted international media coverage and provoked reactions from several heads of states and scholarly figures. "dirty war" between Islamic guerrillas and the government had claimed up to a contested number of approximately 200,000 lives from 1991–2002. As for the national human rights organisations such as the LADDH, they estimate the number of victims to be over 200,000.

. The major demonstrations have taken place in the largest urban centers of the country throughout the months of February and March 2019. Due to their significant scale, the protests have attracted international media coverage and provoked reactions from several heads of states and scholarly figures.