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Since Sudan split in 2011, Algeria has been the largest country in Africa. The Sahara desert covers most of it. In the Tassili n'Ajjer massif, thousands of rock paintings record millennia of life. A war that began in 1954 ended with independence in 1962.
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1816 bombardment, attempt by Britain and the Netherlands to end the slavery practices of Omar Agha, the Dey of Algiers
During the Napoleonic Wars, Algiers' corsairs plundered European ships and enslaved their crews. Tunis and Tripoli freed their slaves without resistance.
Photo: Martinus Schouman (Public domain)
Province of Algeria
The region is famous for the quality of its sheep and its vast stretches of esparto grass. It spreads over steppe plains on both sides of the Saharan Atlas.
Photo: Yelles (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Place in Algiers, Algeria
The village was built by army engineers for workers from mainland France and Spanish and Swiss migrants. In 1845 the mayor was ordered to close its gates after skirmishes in the Sahel.
Photo: Sandervalya (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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