"The Dark Decade": The Chilling Civil War That Turned Neighbour Against Neighbour 1 of 2

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Africa'slargestcountry   andoneofthedominant

  forcesinNorthAfricanpolitics,Algeriaisan

  
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importantplayerontheworldstage.However,

  thecountryhasfacedalongandarduousjourney,

  
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battlingcolonialism,politicalinfighting,and

  eventhehorroroftheCivilWaralongtheway.

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InthisepisodeofUntanglingAfrica,

  wearelookingattheinstabilityand

  
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theatrocitiesthatcharacterisedthefirst

  decadesofAlgeria'shistoryasamodern,

  
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independentnation.Thetraumaof

  thisperiod,anditsaftermath,

  
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issomethingthattoday'sAlgeriansarestill

  tryingtoshakefromtheircollectivememory.

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July5th,1962,wasamomentofjubilationin

  Algiers,Algeria.After   132yearsofFrench

  
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