Algeria's bloody eight-year war for independence after more than a century of French rule began on November 1, 1954. Guerrillas from the National Liberation Front (FLN) mounted attacks on ...

In 1945, France still had the world’s second-largest colonial empire, covering almost one-tenth of the Earth’s surface.

For a while, at least, Algeria was back at war last week. In the rugged mountains and deep canyons of the Kabylia region, where guerrillas had fought for independence for 71 years, new guerrilla ...

As she zigzagged into Algerian waters last week a French destroyer ... rifles and pistols to equip 3,000 guerrillas. More important to the French than the arrest of the arms runners was the ...

In 1962, Ahmed Ben Bella, leader of one of the main factions fighting the French, led the country to independence. A SENEGALESE VIEW OF THE ALGERIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE "Fighting African people on ...

Algeria marked the 70th anniversary of the launch of its war for independence from France with a military parade on Friday, as relations with their former colonial ruler sour again. Military jets ...

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday acknowledged that Larbi Ben M'hidi, a key figure in Algeria's War of Independence against France, had been killed by French soldiers after his arrest in 1957 ...

(MENAFN) Algeria recently marked the 63rd anniversary of a tragic event in its struggle for independence, when dozens of Algerian activists were killed by French Police in Paris. During a ...

Rachid Mekhloufi, a star of French football who became a symbol of the Algerian fight for independence, has died aged 88, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced on Friday. In 1958 ...