Unrest Over High Costs Spread as Calm Returns to Angola Capital

Protests against rising fuel prices spread to Angola’s central city of Huambo, as authorities said calm returned to the capital after police were deployed to quell unrest that left at least four people dead.

Violence erupted in Luanda on Monday after minibus drivers began what’s scheduled to be a three-day shutdown. Retail stores, bank branches, public buses and private vehicles were damaged or destroyed in the unrest, and hundreds of people have been arrested, police spokesman Mateus Rodrigues said.