French Algeria (French: Alger until 1839, then Algérie afterwards; [1] unofficially Algérie française, [2] [3] Arabic: الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France.

Algeria was once part of the Ottoman Empire, and in the 19th century was conquered and colonized by France. It played an important role in both world wars. In the postwar period, it achieved independence in the early 1960s after extended warfare with France.

6 days ago · Algeria and France have a fraught history, marked by colonial rule and an eight-year war that led to Algerian independence in 1962. Visiting Algeria in 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron said ...

The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) [nb 1] was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. [29]

2 days ago · Algeria - Colonialism, Resistance, Revolution: The manner in which French rule was established in Algeria during the years 1830–47 laid the groundwork for a pattern of rule that French Algeria would maintain until independence.

Jul 5, 2020 · French involvement in Algeria began in 1830 when France took direct political control of port cities on the Algerian coast, seeing in the territory a vast supply of raw materials for its nascent industry and presaging a process of accumulative expansion.

Sep 15, 2024 · In Depth Algiers and Paris are in conflict once again, for the third time in three years, highlighting the recurring turbulence in the relationship between the two countries. It was a strange...

Jun 4, 2023 · Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is due to visit France later this month. Sixty years after Algeria gained its independence, relations between the two states remain strained.

Dec 8, 2021 · Algeria is our second-largest partner in Africa, with trade reaching €8 billion in 2021. French exports to Algeria have decreased (€3.7 billion in 2021), whereas French imports of Algerian goods (91% of which are hydrocarbons) have risen.

Oct 27, 2022 · France and Algeria were gripped in a bloody war that would eventually lead to Algerian independence in 1962. On October 17, a demonstration organised by the Algerian National Liberation...