![Algeria - Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria.
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The Country & People of Algeria
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The Country & People of Algeria
Special Arab Files
This page contains links to sites in Algeria and Algeria related sites.
For Middle East, North Africa, Arab and regional information visit Arab Countries
History
The earliest known inhabitants of the region that is now Algeria were Berber-speaking nomads who were settled there by the 2d millennium BC As Numidia, it became (9th cent. BC) a province of Carthage and then (106 BC) of Rome; during the Christian era, St. was bishop at Hippo (now Annaba). With Rome's decline in the 5th cent. AD, Algeria was conquered by the Vandals (43031), the Byzantine Empire (6th cent.), and finally, in the late 7th and early 8th cent., by the Arabs, whose introduction of Islam profoundly altered the character of the area. Spain captured the coastal cities in the 15th cent. but was expelled (mid-16th cent.) with the help of the Ottoman Turks, who assumed control. During this period the Algerian coast was a stronghold of pirates and a center of the slave trade. France invaded Algeria in 1830 and declared it a colony in 1848. Europeans began to arrive in large numbers, dominating the government and the economy, and leaving the native Muslim population with scant political or economic power. A nationalist movement began to develop after World War I, and a war for independence, led by the National Liberation Front (FLN), broke out in 1954. After more than seven years of bitter fighting, in which at least 100,000 Muslim and 10,000 French soldiers were killed, Algeria became independent on July 3, 1962. Since independence, Algeria has been a prominent nonaligned state and a champion of the movements against white minority rule in Africa. It also has supported the protracted struggle of the Polisario Front for the independence of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) from Morocco. Ahmed Ben Bella, prime minister and then president of Algeria after independence, was deposed by Houari Boumedienne in 1965. After Boumedienne's death (1978), Chadli Benjedid succeeded (1979) him as president. Riots in 1988 led Pres. Benjedid to reduce the role of the state economically and of the FLN politically. After Islamic fundamentalists won 42% of the seats in the first round of parliamentary elections in Dec. 1991, the army forced Benjedid to resign (1992) and canceled the election. A civilian-led state council was installed, but real power resided with the army. The fundamentalist party was banned and its leaders arrested. Fundamentalists launched a guerrilla insurrection, and Algeria was torn by violence from both sides. In 1994 Gen. Liamine Zéroual, the defense minister, was appointed president, replacing the state council; he won a presidential election the following year. Zéroual resigned early in 1999 and presidential elections held in Apr., 1999, were won by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the candidate of the military oligarchy; the opposition candidates had withdrawn before the vote. One of the main guerrilla groups renounced its struggle against the government in June 1999; however, other groups continued to wage war. By mid-1999, 100,000 people had been killed in the violence and repression that began in 1992. Under an amnesty approved in Sept. 1999, 80% of the Islamic guerrillas surrendered to the government by the mid-Jan. 2000 deadline, and the violence has since greatly diminished.
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means it is available in Arabic only and + is available in Arabic and English
Mon beau pays perdu!
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Ou cirta est une ville digne d'être classée parmi les merveilles du monde
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The most comprehensive database: statistical, economic and social
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The first capital corporation investment in Algeria
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Football - Oran
This is your chance to take a week of your life
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Annaba
Graduation in various fields of water sciences and techniques
Préparer les avancées technologiques de demain, au profit la société et l'économie
Liabes
Institutions & Organizations
Tlemcen
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Le site Président de la République
Un lieu de publication de documents historiques, d'archives, et de témoignages sur l'Algérie
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Human rights developments & report
Dealing with social & cultural problems
Le combat contre l'intégrisme et son aile armée le terrorisme
Parti politique, biographie du Dr Said Sadi
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La révolution par le peuple et pour le peuple
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Le qoutidien indépendant
Daily newspaper
Le premier magazine en ligne du peuple kabyle
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Qoutidien nationale d'information
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Agence de presse privée spécialisée en information économiques et sociales
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La Poste
Official portal of the Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reformation
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The information provided will help you get better acquainted with Algeria
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ENOR - Algerian Jointed Stock Company
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Une institution administrative autonome....
Association des Sciences et d'Astronomie
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Le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement
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Adventures in the desert
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Alger, Cheraga
Located on a peninsula, in the district of Staoueli, Algiers
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Algerian music web directory....
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