Algerian demonstrators have vowed to continue mass protests against the government, saying the resignation of the president was not enough and demanding the fall of the entire regime.

Crowds celebrated in the streets of Algiers at the news that Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the country’s ailing 82-year-old president, had resigned after two decades in office and handed power to a caretaker government.

Yet, protesters said that the fall of Mr Bouteflika, who has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013, would not satisfy their demands for wholesale democratic reform in the north African country.

“I’m not happy because we still have the same political system. I’m going to keep going out on Fridays until there’s a second republic,” said Saadia, a 30-year-old French-Algerian who joined a crowd near the University of Algiers.

The vast street demonstrations began six weeks ago in protest at the announcement that Mr Bouteflika planned to stand for a fifth term as president.