An Understanding of the Development of North Africa Proceedi

Those inspired few nationalists began rallying support through lower class farmers and workers who resented European-owned industries stealing profit from the African resources. Africans saw little change in their condition and were looking for a path away from poverty.

In the 1950s the movement for independence began in Libya. Libya is a large country west of Egypt ruled by Italy. In 1951 Italy allowed independence of Libya which then became a monarchy. At this same time French colons were not conceding independence as easily to Algeria. Algeria is another large country west of Libya. France had already granted independence t

Today North Africa has improved since 1945. There is no colonial rule, mostly free elections, and relief from famine coming. The leaps in manufacturing are astounding. North Africa is definitely in a better economic situation than Southern Africa in terms of exports, tourism, and the ability to take advantage of their resources. The literacy rate has increased 100 percent in just 12 years which is key to North Africa’s ability to stay afloat in the world’s sea of advancements. In the next century famine in Africa should be non-existent and exports should be exponential.

The most challenging region to create a government in was Algeria. In a free election in 1992, the people of Algeria elected to the national legislature a majority of candidates who favored strict Islamic laws and values. However the more arbitrate government already in place ignored the results and disbanded the legislature. Then military leaders took control of Algeria and banned the Islamic movement and arrested many of its members.

The insurmountable tension between the military and the Islamic opposition resulted in armed conflict. By 1995 the agitation had claimed more than 40,000 lives. The government tried to defuse the situation by allowing multi-party elections. However many of the oppositions groups boycotted the elections and the results only confirmed the military’s candidate as president.

In the 1980s, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi of Libya created great displeasure among western countries due to its foreign policy. The United States accused Qaddafi of aiding international terrorists, broke economic ties with Libya in 1986. Military tensions between the two countries resulted in encounters in the air which were accompanied by the United States bombing of Libyan military installations. Due to declining oil revenue and worsening Libyan economy,

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