“Thus, what motivates men to slay the enemy is anger,” Sun Tzu says in The Art of War. The conflict between Algerian Islamic fundamentalists and the Algerian military backed government is rooted in anger. The conflict, which began as skirmishes between government forces and Islamic fundamentalists, has taken on the proportions of a civil war as fundamentalists carried out kidnappings, assassinations and other forms of civil disturbance. The government has tried pacifying the Muslims by including
atrocities being committed. The war between the government forces and the militants continues with an estimated toll of 80,000 victims, most of whom are civilians. On 15th April 1999, Algeria held democratic presidential elections which were won by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a former foreign minister who enjoys the support of the army. The elections were held amid allegations of fraud, in response to which the other six candidates withdrew from the elections in protest , but did not remove their names from the
Although many citizens and political parties were against the idea of Bouteflika seeking a fourth presidential term, many Algerians still had faith in Bouteflika due to his two decades of political rule and his careful management, coercion, and balancing of Algeria’s domestic political competitors and saw him as the father of national reconciliation and continued to vote him for the fourth term. Although Bouteflika won the fourth presidential term, he is up against a battle to keep Algeria’s citizens
Imperialism in Algeria Imperialism is when a big country takes over a smaller country to gain more land and materials. The age of imperialism started in the 1870’s when European countries started making empires in Asia, Africa, and the middle east. Algeria is a small country in Africa that was taken over by France in the 1830’s. In 1847 the Algerians wanted their land back so they fought for control but the French defeated the Muslim leader Abd al-Qadir and gained control of the land. Algeria had
France Relations with the Maghreb Countries: Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia in Past Decade The international relations between the countries are the process that develops the countries, since they benefit and learn from each other. International relations can be the study of sovereign states and global issues. Also, it would the study of political and economic issues among the countries in order to have a stable political system and to benefit the economy in these countries that have strong international
holding national or sub national elections every once in awhile a big question imposes itself: Are elections a necessary and sufficient condition for democratic politics? In fact, we can look at the coming April elections in Algeria, where Abdelaziz Bouteflika will probably win the elections with a striking majority of the votes, although he has obvious health issues that will clearly prevent him from ruling the country effectively. This quick example shows the relevance of the question regarding