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Yoga studios have canceled classes. Luxury hotels are turning away guests. Shopping malls and office buildings are shut down.

While still struggling with the aftermath of a decade-long Islamic insurgency, oil-rich yet impoverished Algeria is getting a makeover: a new airport, its first mall, its largest prison, 60,000 new homes, two luxury hotels and the longest continuous highway in Africa.

Owners of luxury hotels, facing debt payments, sometimes want their operators to raise revenue by cutting room rates — a move operators resist because it cheapens the brand.