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Angry Algerians take to the streets
One week it was Biskra, the next Annaba, and, simultaneously, Algiers: in towns and cities across Algeria, crowds of the poor and unemployed are hitting the streets in rough-and-tumble demonstrations demanding change from a government they feel is not listening.
"But unless it happens in all 48 provinces at once, it won't make a difference," said Abbas Allaouchiche, 37, a small-time salesman scraping by on the black market in Algiers, the capital.
Mr Abbas' frustration is shared by many Algerians, who have watched as the government of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, re-elected in April to a controversial third term, has begun spending oil wealth on big infrastructure projects but struggled to fulfil campaign pledges to provide badly needed jobs and housing.
With civil society and opposition parties largely sidelined, ordinary Algerians are increasingly resorting to street protests and rioting to make their voices heard, analysts said.