Demonstrators carry a national flag and banners during a protest against the country's ruling elite and to demand an end to corruption and the army's withdrawal from politics in Algiers, Algeria October 29, 2019. Picture taken October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Riad Mostefai has marched through the capital of Algeria every Friday since February to demand a purge of the ruling hierarchy, an end to corruption and the army's withdrawal from politics.
Though some of his demands have been met, Mostefai plans to keep on marching each week along with tens of thousands of others who don't believe an election in December will change anything, as long as an opaque ruling elite remains in charge.
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