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The Algerian Civil War (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الجزائرية), known in Algeria as the Black Decade (Arabic: العشرية السوداء, French: La décennie noire), [17] was a civil war fought between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups from 11 January 1992 (following a coup negating an Islamist ...
The Algerian Civil War was an armed conflict in Algeria between the Algerian Government and multiple Islamist rebel groups, sparked by a military overthrow of the newly elected Islamist government. The war lasted from December 1991 until February 2002, though in the south of the country an Islamist insurgency remains ongoing.
Many massacres were committed during the Algerian Civil War that began in 1991. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) claimed responsibility for many of them, while for others no group has claimed responsibility. In addition to generating a widespread sense of fear, the massacres effected migration from and depopulation of the worst-affected areas.
Trial International said the move means Nezzar will “finally” stand trial in Switzerland, and it “renews hope that victims of the Algerian civil war (1991-2002) will get justice.”
Ceasefire agreed on between the Polisario Front and Morocco (1991) Algerian Civil War (1991–2002) Location: Algeria Military deployed in the streets of Algiers, after the military coup against the Islamists, who took up arms later: Algeria. Local militias [32] DRS; FLN; RND (from 1997) Rally for Culture and Democracy; Socialist Forces Front
1991 1994 Djiboutian Civil War Djibouti France: Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy: 1991 1993 Georgian Civil War: Georgian State Council Russia: Zviadists National Guard of Georgia: 1991 2002 Algerian Civil War Algerian government: Armed Islamic Group (GIA) 1992 1992 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts Venezuela
The literature on Algerian history typically considers its colonisation, the war of independence, and the civil violence of the 1990s. Compared to the dates and events which are present in the historiography on Algeria’s war of independence or the 1990s, there is not much literature on the 1960s and 1970s, despite the fact that this period ...
The Guemmar attack was an attack by armed militants on a border post in Guemmar on 29 November 1991. [1] [2] Sixty armed Islamist militants led by Aïssa Messaoudi, an Algerian Islamist who fought in the Soviet–Afghan War and had connections with Takfir wal-Hijra and the Islamic Salvation Front, attacked a border post in Guemmar, near El Oued in Algeria, killing three policemen.