Ahmed Ben Bella: References & Edit History

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Robert Merle, Ben Bella (1967), is based on interviews with the former president.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Apr 07, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 21, 2025
Article revised, with birth year changed and explained. Jul 17, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 16, 2024
Media added. Jul 21, 2021
Add new Web site: The Washington Post - Ahmed Ben Bella, militant leader in Algeria�s struggle for independence, dies at 96. Apr 24, 2020
Add new Web site: Independent - Ahmed Ben Bella: Anti-French Activist Who Became the First President of Free Algeria. Dec 14, 2016
Add new Web site: The Gaurdian - Obituary of Ahmed Ben Bella. Dec 14, 2016
Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Obituary of Ahmed Ben Bella. Dec 14, 2016
Changed Ben Bella's birth year from 1918 to 1916. Apr 13, 2012
Updated to mention Ben Bella's death in April 2012. Apr 11, 2012
Added a video of Algeria gaining independence, 1962. Jul 12, 2010
Article revised and updated. Mar 04, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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