... unemployment which is officially 30% but could be as high as 70-75%, particularly among its disproportionately large youth population (70% of the population is under the age of 30). Problems associated with increasing urbanization are also acute - 60% of the population lives in urban areas - crowded housing, sanitation and health problems, deteriorating infrastructure are an outcome of this. These issues contribute ... the military is comprised of competing clans, known as the political-military mafia. The military in Algeria remains driven by fairly narrow clan-based interests and a des...

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... modern-day Algeria. For the benefit of French colonists, northern Algeria was eventually organized into overseas departments of France, with representatives in the French Nation Assembly. France controlled the entire country, but the Algeria was divided with the Muslim population in the rural areas and the modern European community. In the part of the country where Europeans accounted for most of the ... population, mayors and councils were elected for self-governing, and in the Muslim populated areas the government was in the hands of the appointed and some elected officials. On Novembe...

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... affected African nations. North African countries experienced widespread total unrest, especially in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia all previously colonized by France. A population explosion and increased industrialization led to the urban growth of cites. Also the growth in cities was additionally advanced as people from the countryside crowded into urban areas in hope of finding some escape from the poverty ridden fields. When ... with neighboring countries. However because of suspected terrorist links and connections with the terrorist bombings of civilian airlines, Libya is still an o...

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... of the economy as a form of socialism. Nonetheless, the charter was scrapped due to economic difficulties. This has led to excessive borrowing from international lenders in order to keep the industry afloat. In 1992 the government initiated an austerity program. They prohibited the import of luxury items and introduced many new taxes. This program was approved by Algeria's main source ... heavy manufacturing, and the bulk of the transportation and communications sectors. However, it has undertaken efforts to privatize the economy allowing for banking, light manufacturing, and commerce ...

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