Tag: Algeria

Algeria’s recent history is about the time when the country was subjugated to the Ottoman Empire from the 16th century, further the French government from 1830,…

Civil War The prospect of an Algeria ruled as a theocracy by fundamentalist Muslims, and their plan to introduce Islamic legislation, caused the army…

Algeria’s contemporary history is the story of the country’s independence on July 5, 1962, following an eight-year liberation war. After negotiations between the colonial…

Algeria’s economy was, by its independence, based mainly on agriculture and oil recovery. Under the French colonial rule, modern farming along the coast was…

Literature in Algeria is akin to literature in Morocco and Tunisia, but also has distinctive features. This is partly due to France having dominion…

The towns along the coast and in the lowlands of Algeria have had a continuous settlement through different cultures, but it is difficult to…

First-time service in Algeria was reduced from 18 months to 12 months in 2014. The total force figures for Algeria’s armed forces are 130,000…

Constitution and political system Since independence in 1962, Algeria has been a presidential republic. The Constitution was passed in a referendum in 1996. Following…

Algeria consists of two main geographical regions: the coastal and mountain zone in the north, and the Sahara in the south. Within the approximately…