Algeria :

Algeria:

Pre-1962 Algeria has seen many empires and dynasties, including ancient Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Rustamids, Idrisids, Aghlabids, Fatimids, Zirids, Hammadids, Almoravids, Almohads, Zayyanids, Spaniards, Ottomans and finally, the French Colonial Empire. The vast majority of Algeria's population is Arab-Berber, practicing Islam, and using the official languages of Arabic and Berber. However, French serves as an administrative and educational language in some contexts. The main spoken language is Algerian Arabic.

Algeria is a semi-presidential republic, with local constituencies consisting of 58 provinces and 1,541 communes. Algeria is a regional power in North Africa, and a middle power in global affairs. It has the highest Human Development Index of all non-island African countries and one of the largest economies on the continent, based largely on energy exports. Algeria has the world's sixteenth-largest oil reserves and the ninth-largest reserves of natural gas. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa, supplying large amounts of natural gas to Europe. Algeria's military is one of the largest in Africa, and has the largest defence budget on the continent. It is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, the OIC, OPEC, the United Nations, and the Arab Maghreb Union, of which it is a founding member.
Algeria has hosted refugees from Western Sahara since 1975, one of the world’s most protracted refugee crises. The Sahrawi refugees live in five camps near the town of Tindouf in Western Algeria, characterized by extreme heat and very low rainfall. The harsh and isolated desert environment limits livelihood and economic opportunities, leaving the refugees highly dependent on humanitarian assistance.

Despite over 30 years of uninterrupted assistance, 30 percent of Sahrawi refugees are food insecure and 58 percent are at risk of food insecurity. The last nutrition survey showed a deterioration of the nutrition situation of children and women.

Global acute malnutrition affects almost 8 percent of children aged 5 or less. The prevalence of anaemia is alarmingly high with more than half of children aged 5 or less and women of reproductive age affected, possibly indicating a dietary iron deficiency. In addition, poorly diversified diets and a lack of nutritional awareness result in overlapping nutritional problems including mineral and vitamin deficiencies and overweight/obesity in women.

Despite continued negotiations, the political situation remains unsolved, so refugee camps have been the only alternative for Sahrawi refugees. The status quo has fueled frustration and disillusionment, especially among the young.

A COVID-19 outbreak risks overwhelming the camps’ fragile health system and exacerbating the refugee’s already difficult situation. The humanitarian community including UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP prepared a joint COVID-19 response strategy to prevent transmission of COVID-19 among Sahrawi refugees, provide adequate care for patients affected by COVID-19 and support their families, and adapt programmes in education, food security, protection, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to mitigate the worst effects of the pandemic.

At the request of the Government of Algeria, the World Food Programme (WFP) has been supporting the most food insecure refugees since 1986, covering basic food and nutrition needs.

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If you want to study in Algeria, then you need to know which of its universities are right for you. Times Higher Education World University Rankings take the top institutions in the world, and look at their performance across all of their core objectives: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

Algeria has 15 universities in the overall Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The highest-ranking university in Algeria is Ferhat Abbas Sétif University 1, which is ranked at number 501–600.

Choosing where to study for a degree in Algeria is one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. THE’s student resources are here to help you make the right choice, particularly if you want to study abroad. Explore the universities of Algeria below - we’ve pulled together some information that we hope will help you to decide where to study.

Use the map to see where Algeria’s top universities are located, and if any institutions are of particular interest, you can click on their name, or the “explore” button, to find out more. We’ve also pulled in information about how much Algeria is investing in its higher education, and also how many people live there.

Our World University Rankings were founded in 2004 and our data are trusted by governments and universities across the world.

The Algeria national football team (Arabic: منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم) represents Algeria in men's international football and is governed by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays their home matches at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida and 5 July Stadium in Algiers. Algeria joined FIFA on 1 January 1964, a year and a half after gaining independence. They are the current champions of the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA Arab Cup.