Tunisia, Egypt and now Algeria

Tunisia

A series of street demonstrations took place throughout Tunisia beginning in mid-December 2010. The demonstrations were reported to have started over unemployment, food inflation, corruption, freedom of speech and poor living condition. The protests constituted the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia in three decades and have resulted in scores of deaths and injuries, most of which were the result of action by police and security forces against demonstrators.


President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted 28 days later on 14 January 2011, when he officially resigned, ending 23 years in power.

Egypt

Protests started on Tuesday, January 25, inspired by the successful revolution in Tunisia. Thousands began taking to the streets to protest poverty, rampant unemployment, government corruption and autocratic governance of President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled the country for 30 years.

Finally on 11th February, last Friday,

Algeria

After the successful revolution in Tunisia and Egypt, the wind of revolution hits Algeria.

Heavily outnumbered by riot police, thousands of Algerians have defied government warnings and dodged barricades to rally in their capital on 12th February, that was yesterday, demanding democratic reforms.

The people want economic, and political, justice, and an end to the "emergency rule" (sort of martial law, with increased police powers) that has been in force for two decades. Like their counterparts throughout the Arab world, the demonstrators want competent government, less corruption and more economic growth. The young want jobs, opportunity and a future, things too many of them don't have now.

Will the wave of revolution spread to other Arab States ? Will oil price double or triple ?