Algerian protesters are unhappy with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika plan to stand in the upcoming election next month. Hundreds of lawyers, along with members of the Algerian labor union UGTA, dressed in black robes to protest to re-election plan. Some officials from Bouteflika’s ruling FLN party were also at the demonstration, and public figures have resigned as a response to his candidacy. President Bouteflika has not spoken in public since his stroke in 2013, however, due to recent events, he issued his first warning to protesters saying that the unrest could destabilize the country.
See "Algeria's Bouteflika, facing demands to quit, warns against infiltration of protests", Lamine Chikhi, Reuters, March 7, 2019