Algeria has undergone a long history of revolutions and regime change, so the political climate is quite dynamic and is often shifting. At the moment the country is a constitutional republic with a democratically elected government, however the military in practice holds the major power behind the government. In the early 1990's the government has changed from socialism to a free market economy which has held a large amount of support.
In 1991 there was a guerilla conflict or Algerian Civil War which resulted in more than 100,000 deaths. …
