Several MPs from Algeria's ruling FLN party have resigned to join the mass anti-government protests, Reuters news agency quotes private Ashourouq TV station as saying.
Tens of thousands of people are marching in the Algerian capital, Algiers, against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decision to seek re-election for a fifth term.
The news agency adds that, in an unusual move, one of the most popular imams in Algiers did not pray for the president as he normally does every Friday.
Instead he only wished the best for Algeria and its people.
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