Unfortunately, the poorest nations will be most affected by central bank printing operations. Such riots will only escalate with time.

All to save a few - VHF

--

Thousands Riot In Somalia Over High Food Prices

Associated Press

Monday May 5 2008

Tens of thousands of people rioted over high food prices in Somalia's capital on Monday, hurling stones that smashed car windows and prompted hundreds of shops to close.

Witnesses said Somali soldiers opened fire during the protests in Mogadishu, killing at least two people.

Dr. Dahir Dhere said a man wounded in today's protests died on the way to an operating room at the capital's main hospital.

Protester Abdinur Farah said he was marching with his uncle when government troops opened fire and wounded his relative. He said his uncle died "before we could take him to hospital."

Several people were injured in the riot. Protesters, including women and children, hurled stones that smashed the windshields of cars and buses. They also attacked shopkeepers who hurriedly closed their stores.

The protesters began marching to protest at the refusal of traders to accept old 1,000-shilling notes, which they claimed was causing inflation.

Rocks were thrown at shops, and chaos erupted at the capital's main Bakara market. Hundreds of shops and restaurants in southern Mogadishu closed their doors for fear of looting.

Skyrocketing food prices, stoked by rising fuel prices, unpredictable weather and growing demand from India and China's burgeoning middle classes, have sparked sometimes violent protests in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia in recent months.

Somalis burn tyres and throw stones during a demonstration over inflation and food prices in Mogadishu.