Algerian government bans party's march

The Algerian government banned the march of the followers of Movement for a Peaceful Society (Hamas) that was to be held today in protest over excluding their leader, Mahfouz Nahnah, from the coming Algerian presidential elections. Algerian Minister of Interior Abdullah Saleh announced that the Algerian authorities banned this march to secure the safety of the election campaign, saying that Nahnah's followers should regulate their protest march inside the headquarters of their party.