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Currency crisis: Protesters in Yemen take to streets as prices surge

The third protest in a few weeks broke out on 19 December in Yemen's southern city of Taiz.

Protesters chanted against the government and the Saudi-led coalition supporting it, as the country grapples with surging food prices due to a currency devaluation.
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