 During the Algerian War (1954–1962), the FLN and ALN's reorganisation of the country created, for the first time, a unified Kabyle administrative territory, wilaya III, being as it was at the centre of the anti-colonial struggle.From the moment of Algerian independence, tensions had developed between Kabyle leaders and the central government.There is an identity-related debate about the persecution of Berbers by the Arab-dominated regimes of North Africa.