The Algerian Civil War began after the army cancelled the second round of parliamentary elections in January 1992, when the Islamic Salvation Front had won the first round, and forced the president to resign. The Front was banned, and its supporters and radical offshoots, in particular the Armed Islamic Group, took up arms against the state. The conflict was marked by attacks on officials, intellectuals and foreigners, as well as massacres of villagers, whose perpetrators remain disputed. The army and security services also carried out forced disappearances and torture. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was elected in 1999, brought in an amnesty and a Civil Concord, and the conflict faded in the early 2000s, leaving many tens of thousands dead.
Before and after
- 1992Founding of International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- 1992Construction of Okapi Wildlife Reserve
- 1992Founding of National Stock Exchange of India
- 1992The first exoplanets are found around a pulsar
- from 11 January 1992 to 8 February 2002Algerian Civil War
- 22 January 1992Discovery of PSR B1257+12 c
- 22 January 1992Discovery of PSR B1257+12 d
- 5 February 1992Birth of Neymar
- 7 February 1992Maastricht Treaty
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