Essay Archive - Violence in Algeria
Violence in Algeria
For the past 7 years, Algeria has been going through brutal killings and massacres of poor innocent villagers. Algeria has been wracked by violence ever since the government canceled the country's legislative election in 1992. The Islamists' main party, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) finished the first round of election's voting and was expected to win by a wild majority in the final round. When military saw that the Islamists were going to win, they took control of the government and canceled the election. Ever since then, the government has put intensive efforts to stop this conflict. (Battersby 1994)
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