On this rather easily avoidable occurence from OTL, I have some questions :
> What will become of Algeria without French conquest generally ? General population massacre and European migration is now out of the picture. So should be its expansion into interior, however, since it happened only in the context of French colonialism in Sahara. As for its political future, will it remain an independent deylicate (though most likely under European influence), or will it follow Tripoli's path into becoming an Ottoman vilayet ?
> Years back, I read in Ziauddin Sardar's book that Islamic Medicine met its effective end in Algeria. Is that true ? Indeed, I'm aware that French dismantled everything that looked like non-european sophistication back then, including education system, and that they did burned all the books and stuff. So if that's true, then what if....
> What would the absence of French rule over Algeria do to their West African politics ? Since I don't think their involvement in the Sahel will exactly be butterflied away. By this time, France was already long established in Dakkar. But no Algeria will still mean that their approach to West Africa will be very different.