Africa
Algeria is presented here as a historical economic dossier rather than a flat stat sheet: long-run macro cycles, public balance-sheet pressure, market depth, external buffers, and the events that likely bent the curve.
A tighter current-state read before dropping into the long historical charts.
The timeline is where macro numbers meet story: crises, wars, policy shifts, trade deals, and other shocks connected to Algeria.
France invaded Algeria under the pretext of a diplomatic dispute, beginning a brutal colonial conquest that would last until 1962. The conquest caused enormous Algerian casualties and displaced populations, while transforming French political and military culture.
Led to Algerian independence from France.
France successfully tested its first nuclear bomb in the Algerian Sahara on February 13, 1960, becoming the fourth nuclear power after the US, USSR, and UK. The test demonstrated France's determination to maintain independent great power status.
Algeria gained independence from France after an eight-year brutal war that killed hundreds of thousands. The Evian Accords ended French colonial rule over Algeria.
The Algerian military cancelled elections after the Islamic Salvation Front won the first round, triggering a decade-long civil war that killed an estimated 150,000-200,000 people. The conflict involved widespread massacres of civilians by both government forces and armed Islamist groups.
End of a decadeUnknownlong civil war.
Led to the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika after 20 years in power.