Soaring Food Prices Spark Unrest...

A list of countries facing civil unrest, and sometimes violent riots because of rising food prices:

Egypt – Two days of riots, resulting in one death, over escalating food prices.
Mexico – The rising price of tortillas has caused protests in the nation’s capital.
Haiti – At least five people have died in protests.
Bolivia – Ceased exporting soy oil to neighboring Chile in an effort to hoard its food.
Ivory Coast – Demonstrators were broken up with tear gas; one was killed.
Burkina Faso – 180 people were arrested after price protests turned violent.
Cameroon – Protests calling for government action in reducing food prices were violently repressed, killing 40.
Senegal – The prices of powdered milk and rice rose 50 percent and 30 percent respectively in a few months, leading to riots.
Mauritania – Protesters gather against high fuel and food costs.
Mozambique – Hundreds have demonstrated.
Yemen – The average family spends 25 percent of its money on bread.
Uzbekistan – Rioting due to the cost of rice.
Bangladesh – “Soaring food prices have become a serious threat for the survival of the present caretaker government. … There could now be serious discontent, violence and food riots due to the soaring food price spikes,” said one official.
Indonesia – With prices of staples rising more than 30 percent, one expert said, “I see nothing but social unrest.”
Philippines – Armed soldiers oversee the distribution of rice.

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