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Alger Hiss
Alger Hiss (1904–1996), American State Department official and UN Charter planner, accused by Whittaker Chambers in 1948, convicted of perjury in 1950 in the Pumpkin Papers case; guilt still debated.
Algeria (الجزائر)
Algeria (الجزائر, Dzayer), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is Africa's largest country by territory, in the Maghreb, capital Algiers, hydrocarbon-dependent economy diversifying, HDI 0.763, president Tebboune.
Algeria national football team (منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم)
Algeria national football team (منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم), Les Fennecs/Desert Foxes: Algeria's FIFA-governed men's team, five-time World Cup participant (1982, 1986, 2010, 2014, 2026), famous for beating West Germany 2-1 in 1982 and reaching the 2014 round of 16.
Algerian agrarian revolution
The Algerian agrarian revolution was a state-led land reform launched in November 1971 under President Houari Boumédiène, redistributing land to landless peasants in cooperatives; its results were widely judged disappointing by 1982.
Algerian Air Force (القوات الجوية الجزائرية)
Algerian Air Force (القوات الجوية الجزائرية, Al Quwwat Al Djawia Al Djaza'eria), air arm of Algeria's People's National Army created 1962; Russian-origin fleet of Su-30MKA, Su-34, MiG-29, Su-24, Mi-28NE helicopters, Chinese/Adcom UAVs, commanded by Maj. Gen. Zoubir Ghouila since February 2025.
Algerian Arabic
Algerian Arabic (Darja, Dziri) is the Maghrebi Arabic vernacular of Algeria, with Tellian, Saharan, and Hilalian varieties, a Berber substrate, heavy French borrowing, no official status, and limited standardization or NLP resources.
Algerian Basin
Algerian Basin (Algero-Balearic Basin): deep oceanic back-arc basin of the southern western Mediterranean between Algeria, the Balearic Islands and Sardinia, opened by 16 Ma, with the Algerian Current and its large eddies.
Algerian Civil War (الحرب الأهلية الجزائرية)
Algerian Civil War (الحرب الأهلية الجزائرية), the Black Decade: 1992–2002 conflict after the army cancelled the FIS's 1991 election win, pitting the state against GIA and GSPC insurgents, with 100,000–200,000 dead and a contested qui tue qui legacy under the 2005 amnesty charter.
Algerian civil war massacres of 1997–98
The Algerian civil war massacres of 1997–98 were a series of large-scale killings of villagers near Algiers and in Relizane province, including Rais, Bentalha, and Sidi Hamed.
Algerian Communist Party
The Algerian Communist Party (Parti Communiste Algérien, PCA) was a political party in French Algeria, founded in 1936 and banned by the FLN one-party state in 1962.
Algerian dinar
The Algerian dinar (DZD, DA) is the currency of Algeria, divided into 100 centimes and issued by the Bank of Algeria since its introduction in 1964.
Algerian emigration to France during the World Wars
Algerian emigration to France during the World Wars is the movement of Algerian Muslim workers and soldiers to metropolitan France between 1914 and 1945, beginning as mass migration in the First World War.
Algerian famine of 1866–1868
The Algerian famine of 1866–1868, known in Algeria as the black famine, combined drought, locusts, and cholera under French rule, killing an estimated 300,000 to 800,000 people.
Algerian immigration to France
Algerian immigration to France is a migration begun in the late nineteenth century under colonial rule, today one of France's largest immigrant communities, with a diaspora of 2.5 to 3 million.
Algerian independence
Algerian independence was proclaimed on 5 July 1962, after a referendum returned 99.72% for self-determination and France recognized the new state, ending 132 years of French rule.
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 is Algeria's top professional football division, currently known as Ligue1 Mobilis. It features 16 clubs competing in a 30-match double round-robin schedule.
Algerian literature
Algerian literature is the body of literary writing by Algerians in Arabic, French, and Tamazight, from classical roots through French colonial rule and the postcolonial novel, defined by multilingualism.
Algerian literature in French
Algerian Francophone literature is a body of French work by authors from Algeria, starting during the colonial era. It explores themes of identity and colonial domination.
Algerian Muslim Congress
The Algerian Muslim Congress (French: Congrès musulman algérien) was a coalition of colonial Algeria's main Muslim political forces, first convened in Algiers in June 1936 during the Popular Front era.
Algerian National Movement
The Algerian National Movement (Mouvement National Algérien) was an Algerian independence party founded by Messali Hadj in 1954 to fight French rule and the rival FLN.
Algerian novel
The Algerian novel is long-form fiction by Algerian writers in Arabic and French, shaped by colonial rule and the war of independence of 1954 to 1962.
Algerian People's Party
The Algerian People's Party (Parti du peuple algérien, PPA) was an Algerian nationalist party founded by Messali Hadj in 1937 and banned by France in 1939.
Algerian Terminator BMPT-62
The Algerian Terminator BMPT-62 is an unofficially named Algerian fire-support vehicle that fits the Russian Berezhok turret to a T-62 tank hull, first displayed in 2022.
Algerian War
The Algerian War (guerre d'Algérie; also Algerian War of Independence, 1954–1962) was the decolonization war between France and the FLN, ending with the Évian Accords and Algerian independence on 5 July 1962.
Algerian–Moroccan war of 1692–1693
The Algerian–Moroccan war of 1692–1693 was a border war between Ottoman Algiers and Morocco under Sultan Moulay Ismail, decided by Algeria's victory at the battle of al-Mecharii.
Algerian–Tunisian war of 1694
The Algerian–Tunisian war of 1694 (الحرب الجزائرية التونسية) was the Regency of Algiers' invasion of Tunis, culminating in a siege of the city where Muhammad Bey held out.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), English Victorian poet and critic, Pre-Raphaelite associate, author of Atalanta in Calydon (1865) and the scandalous Poems and Ballads (1866), advocate of art for art's sake.
Algernon Maudslay
Algernon Maudslay (1873–1948), British yachtsman, helmsman of Scotia at the Paris 1900 Olympics, winning two sailing golds (Open class and ½-1 Ton race one) and fourth in ½-1 Ton race two; later Yacht Racing Association treasurer and CBE recipient.
Alghabass Ag Intalla
Alghabass Ag Intalla is a Malian Tuareg politician and tribal leader from Kidal, a deputy in the National Assembly and later a leader of the HCUA.
Alghanim Industries
Alghanim Industries (الغانم) is a privately owned, diversified Kuwaiti business group founded in 1932 by Yusuf Alghanim, with more than 30 businesses in over 30 countries.