Is the importance of French language in Algeria declining?

If the question is about the importance of the French language for the Algerian people, then the answer is: "Not at all." Despite the law that established Arabic language as the only official language, Arabic is the language of the politics, institutional communication, religion, literature,.. read more

In Algeria, after the Algerian War, French was mostly expunged. Its decline has continued, including the recent closure of French schools, as Arabic and English become the standard. More dramatically, in Zaire, in 1997, fueled by anti-French sentiment, the French language was replaced with native languages. read more