Word: semirebellion
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...words: re-establishment of order in an Algeria disoriented by war, and the establishment of peace and prosperity throughout the country." He is unlikely to achieve any of these objectives soon. Two of Algeria's six wilayas (military districts) remain in a state of semirebellion. The country is deeply split by regionalism-the ancient rivalries among Berbers and Arabs, of townfolk and tribes. Kidnapings, rapes and murders occur at the rate of five or six a day, and photographs of missing persons appear in every newspaper. Jobs must be found for some 4,000,000 men and women...
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