JUST as in warfare nothing is more difficult than an orderly retreat, so in statesmanship no operation is more delicate than an orderly process of decolonization. There are many skeptics who argue ...

Algiers — [Forty years ago Tuesday, the Evian Accords ceasefire went into effect, ending a long and bitter war between the French army and the Algerian nationalist movement, and paving the way for ...

Beginning in 1954, conflict in Algeria displaced large numbers of people. After Tunisia and Morocco each gained independence in March 1956, Algerians in the border areas crossed into Tunisia and ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Article created by Foreign Policy in Focus. On November 1, 1954, the self-declared ...