Poverty, unemployment can bring revolution in Arab countries: Amr Moussa
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Poverty, unemployment can bring revolution in Arab countries: Amr Moussa
The head of the Arab League Amr Moussa has said that the recent upheaval in Tunisia is linked to deteriorating economic conditions throughout the Arab world. He warned the region's leaders that their people's anger has reached unprecedented heights.In an Arab economic summit, he told the leaders that the Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment and general recession. This is in the mind of all of us, Moussa said in his opening address to the 20 Arab leaders and other representatives of Arab League members gathered in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The summit is the first top level Arab meeting since protests fuelled by joblessness and other economic woes in Tunisia forced Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the president, to flee, bringing an end to his 23-year rule of the country. The unrest has helped inspire similar protests around the Arab world and calls for political change, although activists in many countries face security forces heavily vested in maintaining the status quo and governments that refuse to allow dissent. The Tunisian revolution is not far from us, Moussa warned. The Arab citizen entered an unprecedented state of anger and frustration. He called for an Arab renaissance to lift people from their frustration.
