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The Arduous Democratisation Process in Algeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Mohand Salah Tahi
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Soon after Algeria's independence in 1962, one of the so-called ‘Historic Leaders’ who had founded the Front de libération nationale (F.L.N.) in 1954, Mohamed Boudiaf, announced that the F.L.N. was dead and declared his opposition to Ahmed Bella's army-backed régime. Boudiaf explained why he disagreed with the policies and actions of the Government in a book entitled Ou va l' Algerie?, ‘Where is Algeria Going?’ (Paris, 1964), and remained in exile in Morocco until called back home in 1992 by the same army to preside over the Haut comité d' état (H.C.E.) that would suppress the electoral process and introduce another state of siege.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 397 - 419
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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