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How unemployment helped drive Algeria protests

In addition to charges of nepotism and corruption among the ruling class, bleak employment prospects — particularly for youth — drove many Algerians to the streets.

Students take part in a protest seeking the departure of the ruling elite in Algiers, Algeria April 16, 2019.   REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - RC12B1529450
Students take part in a protest seeking the departure of the ruling elite in Algiers, Algeria, April 16, 2019. — REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

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