Algeria’s Oil Revenues Will Not Prevent Social Upheaval
Algeria’s Oil Revenues Will Not Prevent Social Upheaval / Lahcen Achy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Commentary, February 7, 2011
http://carnegie-mec.org/publications/?fa=42541&lang=en
The recent announcement by Algeria’s president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, that he will end the country’s 19-year-old state of emergency law was welcome news to opposition parties and civil society groups. But unless its leaders quickly address the major structural problems plaguing its economy and increase government oversight, Algeria’s protests will likely grow…