National Liberation Front (Algeria)

National Liberation Front (Algeria)

The National Liberation Front (Arabic: جبهة التحرير الوطني Jabhet Al-Taḥrīr Al-Waṭanī‎; French: Front de Libération Nationale, hence FLN) is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.

Read more about National Liberation Front (Algeria):  Anticolonial Struggle, Human Rights During The War For Independence, Post-independence Turmoil, Boumédiène Era, FLN Under Bendjedid, Ideology, Present Situation, Further Reading

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