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Mohsen Bouterfif (); was an Algerian man who died of self-immolation, as part of the 2011 Algerian riots over unemployment, increasing food prices, and housing costs. He followed the lead of a 26-year old Tunisian man named Mohamed Bouazizi who also set himself on fire and died from his wounds on January 4, 2011. Bouazizi's self-immolation and subsequent death sparked the so-called "Sidi Bouzid intifada" (also known as the "Jasmine Revolution" to western media) in Tunisia which eventually led to former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee to Saudi Arabia with his family after France reportedly rejected a request for him to land there. He died in Boukhadra, Algeria. At least ten copycat incidents were reported in which others committed self-immolation. These incidents occurred in Cairo, Egypt and Mauritania. Protests have taken place in Jordan, Libya (where demonstrations are illegal), and Morocco as well.
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