Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria Al-Jumhuriyah al-Jaza'iriyah ad-Dimuqratiyah ash-Sha'biyah CAPITAL: Algiers (Alger) FLAG: The national flag consists of two equal vertical stripes, one green and one white, with a red crescent...

Algeria POPULATION 32,277,942MUSLIM 97 percentCHRISTIAN AND JEWISH 1 percentATHEIST 2 percent Country Overview Introduction The People 1962. New York: Knopf, 1980. Willis, Michael. The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political History. New York: New...

Algeria Algeria is the second largest country in Africa, after Sudan. It is located in the northern part of the continent, in the southwestern Mediterranean region known as the Maghrib (Arabic, meaning...

Algeria (Arabic: الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir IPA: [ɛlʤɛˈzɛːʔir], Berber: , Dzayer [ldzæjər]), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is the second largest country on the African continent[1] and the 11th largest country in the...

Highlights and Key Issues * High oil and gas prices have boosted revenues and hence government spending, meaning that non-oil sector activity offset largely static output in the energy sector last year. As a result, GDP growth is put at around 5% in...

Charles Trueheart's Feb. 13 news article on Algeria dismissed the realities of Algeria and perpetuated unhelpful stereotypes and tired conspiracy theories {"Killers Spread Fear Among Algeria's Poor"}. The article gave credence to allegations about attackers whose "motives remain murky in massacres." The Algerian...

Security forces bombed a suspected militant hideout in Algeria early Wednesday, killing seven people believed to be responsible for a deadly ambush this week, officials said.The alleged militants were in a cave near Lagla el-Malha, a village in the troubled Tebessa region about 370 miles...

Al-Qaida's North African affiliate claimed responsibility Sunday for a car bombing that killed 30 coast guard officers and another recent blast that ripped through a crowd waiting for the president.In Saturday's blast, explosives planted in a van ripped through barracks in the northern coastal town...

Essay provides a report on the country of Algeria.

Algeria is a multi-party republic in Africa that was ruled by France for over one hundred years. Algeria gained independence for France in 1962, though recent fighting in 1992 through 1998 has resulted in over one hundred thousand deaths. When Bouteflika became Algeria's President, terrorism declined. However Algeria's weak economy persists.