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Unrest Over Food Prices Spreads to Algeria

A number of Algerians have died and hundreds have been injured in four days of protests over housing shortages, rising food prices and failing economic policies.
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Vegetable market in Algiers.

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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

  • North Africa:   Unrest Spreads to Algeria

    IPS, 9 January 2011

    At least three Algerians have died and hundreds have been injured in four days of protests over housing shortages, rising food prices and failing economic policies that only three… Read more »

  • Algeria:   Two Killed in Clashes Over Rising Food Prices

    RFI, 8 January 2011

    Two men have been killed in the recent wave of violence over unemployment and the rising cost of food in Algeria, according to national media. Youths have clashes with riot police… Read more »

  • Algeria:   Shops Burn in Riots

    RFI, 7 January 2011

    Youths attacked a police station and burned shops in Algiers on Thursday, in a second day of protests against rising costs and unemployment. Demonstrators are also protesting… Read more »

  • Tunisia:   At Least 14 Die in Wave of Protests

    RFI, 10 January 2011

    An unprecedented wave of violence in Tunisia sparked by high food prices and unemployment has killed at least fourteen people and left many more injured. Read more »

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