Kader Abderrahim (Algeria): the Hirak will have to "give itself a political figure" for its representation
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Protesters take part in a demonstration in Algiers to mark the second anniversary of Hirak, the mass protest movement calling for political change in Algeria.
Algiers, February 22, 2021 © REUTERS / Ramzi Boudinar
By: Pierre Firtion Follow
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The Hirak celebrated its 2nd anniversary on Monday February 22.
Since then, protests have resumed in the country.
The protest movement had, however, been put on hold in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis.
Can the slingshot be as strong as it was two years ago?
Will the gestures of appeasement granted by the authorities be of a nature to calm anger?
Kader Abderrahim, director of research at the Institute for Foresight and Security in Europe (IPSE), author of Geopolitics of Algeria.
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