Bloody years

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Algeria's history is dotted with bloodshed. Hundreds of thousands of people have been massacred in the decade long civil war between Islamic militants and the Algerian Army. Even now unrest, milita...

Algeria's history is dotted with bloodshed. Hundreds of thousands of people have been massacred in the decade long civil war between Islamic militants and the Algerian Army. Even now unrest, militancy and kidnapping characterise the country. It's still more or less a no-go area for western journalists. But why is Algeria so troubled? We look back through forty years of violence to place modern day Algeria in its proper context.

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