Saturday, September 15, 2018

France admits torture during Algeria’s war of independence || Al Jazeera


More than 1.5 million Algerians died during the 1954-62 war of independence against colonial-ruler France. (Al Jazeera)




Macron, the first president born after the conflict, sparked controversy on the campaign trail last year by declaring that France's colonisation of Algeria was a "crime against humanity".

He later walked back the comments calling for “neither denial nor repentance" over France's colonial history.










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