The official <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Algeria)" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Independence Day (Algeria)">independence</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> is proclaimed after an eight-year-long <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Algerian War">war</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French colonial empire">France</a>.