Algeria
Madyson knight, Sarah Pierce
Short description of Algeria
- Its located in Northern Africa
- Has been under foreign rule for about 3000 years the rugged atlas mtns block moisture
- from reaching the interior Sahara desert
- lines of sand dunes in high resolution images
- also in the orange sands
- Grand Erg Desert
What Algeria's doing well
- Northern Algeria lies within the temperate zone, and its climate is similar to that of other Mediterranean countries, although the diversity of the relief provides sharp contrasts in temperature
- In 2000, about 0.9% of the land was forested. As of 2003, about 5% of the total land area was protected
- The annual cost of this 20-year afforestation project was about $100 million
- Since independence, Algeria has made major technological advances, especially in the steel and petrochemical industries
- Algeria has no territories or colonies
What is Algeria not doing well in
- Algeria's principal environmental problem is encroachment of the desert onto the fertile northern section of the country
- European trading firms formerly played a major role in the economy; however, many Europeans, fearful of eventual Muslim control
- A social insurance system for old age, disability, sickness and death cover all employees and self-employed persons
- Algeria has no territories or colonies
- Foreign aid receipts amounted to $232 million or about $7 per capita and accounted for approximately 0.4% of the gross national income
Racial/Ethnic Divisions
- Berber 15%
0-14 years: 28.4%
25-54 years: 42.8%
55-64 years: 6.2%
65 years and over: 5.2%
15-24 years: 17.4%
What is the relationship between alegerian government racial and ethnic divisions?
- 36 million citizens whose head of state and government (president) is elected by popular vote for a five-year term
- The president dismiss cabinet members and the prime minister
- A 2008 constitutional amendment eliminated presidential term limits
- and in April 2009 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won reelection to his third term in office
- Some opposition parties boycotted the election
- Security forces reported to civilian authorities
- Principal human rights problems included restrictions on freedom of assembly and association
- impaired political party activities and limited citizens' ability to change the government peacefully through elections
Conflicts in Algerian government in any of these groups
- hostage crisis in January 2013
- The terrorist group that seized the gas compound with foreign workers Algeria’s decade long civil conflict and is a splinter group
- public unrest.
- high gas prices
- the wealth has not reached the lower levels of the population and unemployment
- high food prices
- housing shortages have plagued
How did these divisions affect Algeria political,economic, and social development
- president was suppose to restructure for overall efforts
- divide into wilaya
hold for the future
- Population growth
- associated problems
- rapid urban migration
- continue to plague Algerian society
- reforms are aimed at liberalizing the economy
- making Algeria competitive in the global market
- meeting the needs of the Algerian people
Do you support or oppose the proposed UN resolution? why or why not? in Algeria
- History of Algeria
- Foreign relations of Algeria
- United Nations Security Council resolutions by topic