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‘This is our time; it’s the time for Algerian people’

Algerian diaspora takes to the streets once again to express solidarity with anti-Bouteflika protesters back home.

An Algerian protester shouts slogans holding a sign in support of the Algerian people during a demonstration against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Place de la RE`publique in Paris, France — Some 10,000 people demonstrated in Place de la Republique in the centre of the French capital on Sunday. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]

Paris, France – Shouting “Bouteflika has got to go”, waving Algerian and Berber flags and brandishing signs demanding Algeria‘s ailing president step down, some 10,000 people have rallied in the centre of France‘s capital, Paris, on Sunday.

“This is our time; it’s the time for Algerian people,” one of the protesters on Sunday said, echoing the growing calls against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plan to extend his rule in elections next month.

As hundreds of thousands of Algerians have taken to the streets throughout the North African country over the past several weeks to protest against the 82-year-old’s bid to seek a fifth term, the Algerian diaspora has expressed solidarity by also taking to the streets in large numbers.

In France, which is home to hundreds of thousands of Algerian-born immigrants, protests have taken place in both Paris and Marseille.

On Sunday, the capital’s Place de la Republique was filled with Algerians and people of Algerian descent of all generations.

It was also attended briefly by opposition political activist and Algerian businessman Rachid Nekkaz, who just days before was questioned by Swiss authorities for having attempted to enter the hospital where Bouteflika was being treated.

The president returned to Algeria on Sunday after a two-week stay in a hospital in Geneva.

A group of Algerian protesters shout slogans holding flares on top of the Monument ‡ la RE`publique during a demonstration against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Place de la RE`publique in — More than 760,000 Algerian-born immigrants live in France. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]

A group of Algerian protesters stand on top of the Monument ‡ la RE`publique during a demonstration against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Place de la RE`publique in Paris, France. Photo b — Bouteflika, who is confined to a wheelchair, has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]

Algerian protesters wave an Algerian flag during a demonstration against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika seeking a fifth term in Place de la RE`publique in Paris, France. Photo by Omar Havana — Massive protests began on February 22 in Algeria to denounce Bouteflika's plans to extend his rule in the April 18 polls. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]

An Algerian protester shouts slogans during a demonstration against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Place de la RE`publique in Paris, France. Photo by Omar Havana — The Algerian diaspora has expressed its solidarity with the movement and has also taken to the streets, including in Paris and Marseilles in France. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]

An Algerian protester raises her fist while an estimated 10.000 Algerian protesters attend a demonstration against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Place de la RE`publique in Paris, France. — For the past two weeks, Bouteflika was in Geneva, Switzerland, for what his office called, 'routine medical tests'. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]

An Algerian protester holds a sign with a map of Algeria denouncing the country being run by a family business during a demonstration against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika seeking a fifth te — 'This is our time, it’s the time for Algerian people,' said one of the protesters. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]

An young girl holds onto an Algerian flag during a demonstration against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika seeking a fifth term in Place de la RE`publique in Paris, France. Photo by Omar Havana — Critics question whether Bouteflika is being used as a puppet-candidate by a shadowy cabal of civilian and military figures close to the octogenarian. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]

MARCH 10: An Algerian protester holds a sign against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika during a demonstration against the president seeking a fifth term in Place de la RE`publique in Paris, Fran — In a bid to quell the protests against him, Bouteflika has offered to limit his term after the April 18 election. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]

An Algerian protester wearing a mask of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and a sign decrying restrictions against freedom of expression in Algeria during a demonstration against the president s — Some long-time allies of the president, including members of the ruling FLN party, have expressed support for the protesters. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]