Laghouat

[lah-gwaht]

noun

1. a city in N Algeria.

Example Sentences

But the risk remains that protests like the one in Laghouat could spread to any of the dozens of other towns which face similar problems of poor housing and unemployment.

Read more on Reuters

Although it is on the edge of the Sahara, Laghouat is on a high plateau and bitterly cold, especially at night.

Read more on Reuters

The spark for the protests was the re-housing of dozens of families from a shantytown on the edge of Laghouat to a new apartment complex paid for by the state.

Read more on Reuters

"In Laghouat we have injustice, the problem of housing, corruption and unemployment."

Read more on Reuters

But in Laghouat, thousands have been on waiting lists for years and the protesters say the latest resettlement is symptomatic of a process that is riddled with corruption.

Read more on Reuters