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The French newspaper "Le Point" revealed that the youth protests led by the "Generation Z 212" movement in Morocco are likely to extend to Algeria, due to the deteriorating economic and social conditions in Algeria.
According to the newspaper's report, the unemployment rate in Algeria among the age group of 15 to 24 years is 29.7%, compared to a general unemployment rate of 11.4%, which reflects the fragility of the labor market and the weak employment prospects for young people. As for university graduates in Algeria, who form the main base of any youth movement, the unemployment rate among them is 31.4%, along with 26.1% of vocational institute graduates, which increases their sense of exclusion and marginalization in a country rich in natural resources. The report pointed out that the seeds of the "Generation Z 213" movement have already begun to appear in Algeria, and that young Algerians share the same frustrations and demands with each other, and carry a unified message that "the lessons of the Arab Spring have not yet been learned." The newspaper recalled that millions of Algerians took to the streets in 2019 in massive protests against the candidacy of the late President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a fifth term, demanding political reforms and improved living conditions. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and the strict ban on any demonstrations against the ruling military regime, which is now headed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, led to the paralysis of the popular movement, which allowed the authorities to launch a wide arrest campaign against opponents and pursue those who fled abroad, leading to assassination attempts that targeted some of them.
