Algeria's PM pledges to act on police demands

Algeria's Prime Minister says the government will meet this weekend to address the outstanding demands of hundreds of policemen who staged a three-day strike outside the president's office in Algiers, demanding better working conditions.

Witnesses at the scene said protesting police left President Abdelaziz Boueflika's compound in the capital, after discussions.

The demonstrations started last Tuesday when hundreds of officers marched through the streets in solidarity with colleagues near the southern city of Ghardaia, after officers there were injured in clashes between Arabs and Berbers.

Chanting for the police chief to step down and singing the national anthem, officers in dark blue uniforms packed into the entrance of the presidential compound to demand better service conditions. 

ALJAZEERA