Colonial Africa
Algeria
Algeria, or The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria as it is formally called, is located in the North West of Africa. It borders on Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Morocco in the west, the Mediterranean Sea in the North, Tunisia and Libya in the east and on Niger and Mali in the South. The population is approximately 33 million, the majority of whom speak Arabic. A significant portion of the population still does speak a Berber dialect (around 15%) and French is also widely spoken. The Berbers were once the dominant ethnic group of Algeria, however through centuries of hand-over, they are now largely outnumbered by the Arab majority. People of Arab-Berber decent compose around 99% of the population. Although they do intermix, the relations between the Arab-speaking and Berber-speaking Algerians have long been marked by tension.
The government in Algeria, as suggested by its name, is considered a republic. The head of state is the president,......
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