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Article: The swelling anger of Algerians; Rioting in Algeria; Swelling protest in Algeria.(conflict between Berbers and Arabs)(International)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 23, 2001
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THE anger that has been swirling for weeks around the Berber-speaking area of Kabylia has now spilled into other Algerian regions, with riots erupting in towns that are regarded as Arab rather than Berber. Protesters, armed with stones and metal bars, have attacked the premises of state companies, making it clear they are fed up with living under a thinly-veiled military dictatorship that has failed to resolve huge social and economic problems.
Kabylia, the mountainous region to the east of Algiers, remains the centre of the protests. Confrontations, sometimes lethal, rumble on in the small towns dotting its hills. The regional capital Tizi Ouzou has been the ...