The Sahel w/ Rahmane Idrissa
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Algerian Civil War - What Was at Stake?
The 19 ninetys algerian civil war pit the post revolutionary military government against islamist insurgents. The idea of democratization was a way to retain control and gain legitimacy through political means, not economic means. But for the military, who have always been the power behind the scenes, this was intolerable. And so they stopped thee when they saw that the islamis were actually winning the elections,. They jailed the main leaders, the main political leaders of h islamis party, and well, distocraticalized their basis.
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