Algeria cuts food costs amid unrest - Africa - Al Jazeera English: "Algerian government has said it will cut taxes and import duties on some staple foods, amid a series of deadly riots that have killed at least three people.

According to state media, a meeting of ministers in the capital Algiers agreed on Saturday to measures which would reduce the price of sugar and cooking oil by 41 per cent.

'Nothing can cast doubt on the resolute will of the state, under the direction of the president of the republic, to intervene whenever necessary to preserve the purchasing power of citizens in the face of any price increase,' a government statement said.

Algeria has seen three days of unrest over the rising costs of living and unemployment, which government figures show standing at about 10 per cent, but which independent organisations put closer to 25 per cent

Hundreds were also injured, and at least 300 of the 400 people injured in the riots were police officers, Dahou Oul Kablia, Algeria's interior minister, said on national radio on Saturday."

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