During the 1990s, this country  experienced a brutal civil war after a disagreement between the Islamic Salvation Front and National Liberation Front.
The communists in this country were known as the PAGS coalition until that group was purged by President Chadli Bendjedid. Earlier, this country redistributed land and found oil under the leadership of Houari Boumediène, who supported Western Saharan self-determination and antagonized Morocco. During the 1990s, this country  experienced a brutal civil war after a disagreement between the Islamic Salvation Front and National Liberation Front. This country's first leader after independence was Ahmed Ben Bella. Name this North African nation, which in 1962 was given its independence from France.
The communists in this country were known as the PAGS coalition until that group was purged by President Chadli Bendjedid.
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria [or Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria]