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Algeria: Thirty Years On

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Martin Evans looks at the aftermath of the struggle for Algerian independence from France.

Algeria is the eighth largest country in the world with a population of nearly 26 million. On July 5rd, 1962, it achieved independence from France after a long and bloody conflict which had lasted eight years and left a million Algerians dead.


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