Algeria

[ al-jeer-ee-uh ]

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a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). : Algiers.

Algeria

/ æ��ˈ��ɪə��ɪə /

noun

a republic in NW Africa, on the Mediterranean: became independent in 1962, after more than a century of French rule; one-party constitution adopted in 1976; religious extremists led a campaign of violence from 1988 until 2000; consists chiefly of the N Sahara, with the Atlas Mountains in the north, and contains rich deposits of oil and natural gas. Official languages: Arabic and Berber; French also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Algiers. Pop: 38 087 812 (2013 est). Area: about 2 382 800 sq km (920 000 sq miles) French nameAlgériealʒeri

Algeria

Republic in northwest Africa , bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea , to the east by Tunisia and Libya , to the south by Niger and Mali , and to the west by Mauritania and Morocco . Its capital and largest city is Algiers .

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Colonized by France in the nineteenth century, Algeria was involved in a long and bloody battle for independence, gaining full autonomy in the early 1960s.

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Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire, which stretched across modern-day Tunisia, the north-east of Algeria and the coast of western Libya.

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Relations with Algeria are also at an all-time low at the moment.

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France has recalled its ambassador to Algeria and ordered 12 Algerian diplomats to leave Paris as a diplomatic row escalated.

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They are accused of involvement in the abduction last year of Amir Boukhors, 41, a critic of Algeria's government with a large audience on social media, who was reportedly granted asylum in France in 2023.

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Boualem Sansal was arrested last year after saying in an interview with a far-right French media outlet that, during the colonial era, France gave too much land to Algeria and too little to Morocco.

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