Delegates met in the Soummam Valley and adopted a platform that strengthened the revolution’s political and military organisation, established national bodies, and divided the country into wilayas. The congress reflected strategic debate among Algerian organisers and sought to create political leadership inside Algeria. Its decisions later became contested within the movement, underscoring the plurality of revolutionary views.
Log in to like or bookmark this story.
🔖 Bookmark
No images or videos for this event yet.
Related Events
What did the Soummam Congress do?
🎉😄
😢
Explanation
Algerian museum and archival sources date the congress to 20 August 1956 and describe its organisational decisions.