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Algeria

  

Basic information

Latest news from Algeria

Wikipedia  
History, politics, geography, economy and more

Algeria: a country study
Detailed information from the US Library of Congress

CIA World Factbook - Algeria

Nationmaster: Algeria  
A compilation of facts and figures from many sources

Medea - Algeria  
(European Institute for Research on Mediterranean and Euro-Arab Cooperation)

BBC country profile - Algeria

Economist - Algeria

Maps of Algeria

Local time

Local weather 

Currency converter 
Algerian dinar (DZD)

Communications in Algeria (Wikipedia)

National flag of Algeria 

National anthem 
Audio, lyrics and sheet music (National Anthems Reference Page)

Languages of Algeria
Ethnologue Database

Who's who in Algeria

Documents 
Historical and political texts relating to Algeria

Office National des Statistiques
Population, inflation, unemployment, housing, etc. (In English, French and Arabic)

Berbers
Arab Gateway's special page

Tuaregs (Wikipedia)

Area phone codes (algeria-un.org)


Politics

Constitutional background

Text of constitution 
1976, amended 1996. (In English)

Text of constitution 
(In French)

Constitutional information 
Law Library of Congress

List of government ministers (CIA)

Heads of state and prime ministers
Historical list (ZPC database)

State institutions (Medea)

Elections and parliament (Medea)

Legislative elections, 1991 (first round results)

International Crisis Group 
Recent reports on Algeria

Human rights reports on Algeria


Political organisations

Political parties in Algeria (Wikipedia)

Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) 
In French (Medea)

Socialist Forces Front (FFS) (Medea)

The Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) (Medea)

Union for Culture and Democracy (RCD) (Medea)

Armed Islamic Group (GIA)  (Medea)

Rassemblement pour la culture et la democratie 
(Rally for Culture and Democracy). Website of the anti-Islamist political party

Rally for Culture and Democracy 
(Rassemblement pour la culture et la democratie) -  Medea website

Mouvement de la Société pour la Paix 
(Movement of the Society of Peace) - Medea website


History

Algeria timeline
A chronology of key events (BBC)

History of Algeria - Wikipedia


Media

Algerian newspapers  

Press freedom and censorship

ENTV (Entreprise Nationale de Television)
Information about programmes and transmissions

Algerian Radio 


Travel

US State Department
Consular information and travel advice

British Foreign Office
Travel advice

Lonely Planet  
Online tourist guide to Algeria

Electricity and phones (Steve Kropla)
Plugs, sockets, TV system, mobile roaming, etc.

Air Algerie
The national airline


Economy

World Bank: Algeria 
Comprehensive economic data

Algeria and the IMF

Economic news and data (zawya.com)

EU-Maghreb agreements [Medea]

Exports and imports [Medea]

Oil, gas, coal and electricity
US Energy Information Administration

Water in Algeria 
Aquastat country profile


Internet

Internet cafes in Algeria

Algerian mission to the United Nations
Some useful information

Window on Algeria
Salah Fouathia's informative website 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
(in French)

National People's Assembly (Parliament)

Other government websites

     

In the Algeria section

 

Related pages


Books from Amazon

schade

Men and Popular Music in Algeria: The Social Significance of Rai
Marc Schade-Poulsen. Paperback, 1999

The Agony of Algeria
Martin Stone. Paperback, 1997

kagda

Algeria (Cultures of the World)
Falaq Kagda. Library Binding, 1997

Algeria: The Fundamentalist Challenge
James Ciment. Hardcover, 1997

Between Ballots and Bullets: Algeria's Transition from Authoritarianism
William B. Quandt. Paperback, 1998

Bab El-Oued
Merzak Allouache, et al. Hardcover, 1998

Between Sea and Sahara: An Algerian Journal
Eugene Fromentin, Blake Robinson (Translator). Hardcover, 2000

The Call from Algeria: Third Worldism, Revolution, and the Turn to Islam
Robert Malley. Paperback, 1996

The Eloquence of Silence: Algerian Women in Question
Marnia Lazreg (Editor), Marina Lazreg. Paperback, 1994

The Forbidden Woman: (L'Interdite)
Malika Mokeddem, K. Melissa Marcus (Translator). Paperback, 1998

Imperial Identities: Stereotyping, Prejudice and Race in Colonial Algeria
Patricia Lorcin. Paperback, 1999

The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political History
Michael Willis. Paperback, 1999

Modern Algeria: The Origins and Development of a Nation
John Ruedy. Paperback, 1992

The Stranger
Albert Camus, Matthew Ward (Translator). Paperback, 1989

Unbowed: An Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism
Khalida Messaoudi, et al. Paperback, 1998


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