print email comment close About Algeria URL: http://www.algeria-un.org/default.asp?section=99 Description: Background about this country in northern Africa. Features a brief overview, details about the flag and national anthem, and a timeline covering Ottoman authority, French colonization, massacres following World War II, and the Algerian war for independence in the 1950s. Includes an English translation of the Algerian constitution, but some of the founding texts are only in French. From the Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations. Publisher: Mission of Algeria to the U.N. Extra Keywords second two WWII North Africa Library of Congress Subject Headings: Algeria Algeria -- History LII Database Information: Record 21648 created by Maria Brandt on 05/23/2006 Last modification on 05/23/2006 Published: 05/25/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21648