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led to British and American intervention in the early 19th century. This was followed in
1830 by a French invasion and the deposition of the dey (regent) of Algiers.The French
campaign to conquer northern Algeria ended in 1847 with the defeat of Algerian leader Abd
al-Qadir (c.1807-83). The French gradually extended their influence southward until
Algeria's current boundaries were drawn in 1902. In 1954 the FLN proclaimed a war of liberation, launching terrorist attacks against the French in both Algeria and France. The long Algerian War led to the fall of the Fourth Republic and the return to power of Charles De Gaulle in 1958. |
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Algeria, in northwest Africa, is part of the region known as the Maghrib. The continent's second largest nation (after Sudan), Algeria borders Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, and Western Sahara and stretches from its 1,104-km (686-mi) Mediterranean coastline south through a varied topography to the vast desert region of the Sahara. |
On July 3, 1962, Algeria was proclaimed independend. |
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