Former judge and feminist lawyer Zubida Assul has launched the first challenge to the current president, Abdelmayid Tebún. Assul aims to bring together the opposition forces and the popular movements of the Hirak, which five years ago led a wave of peaceful protests.

“62 years have passed since independence and there has not yet been an alternation in power through the polls,” says Assul. The term of the current head of state expires in December of this year.