Eritrea is officially a parliamentary democracy consisting of six regions, but it functions as a single-party state.
The rebel movement was primarily dominated by the ELF and by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front.
The ELF was a conservative grass roots movement dominated by Muslim lowlanders, and thus received backing from Arab governments, whereas the EPLF professed Marxism and was supported by a growing Eritrean Diaspora.
Politics of Algeria takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Algeria is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
Algeria has a long history of revolution and regime change, making the political climate dynamic and often in a state of change.
Algeria is divided into 48 wilaya (province) headed by walis (governors) who report to the Minister of Interior.