colonial France

Macron honors Algerians who fought for colonial France

Macron is to grant national awards to more than 20 former fighters and people who have battled for recognition of the Algerians who fought for Paris in the country’s brutal eight-year liberation war.
Another 19 people are to be granted an Order of Merit, ahead of France’s National Harki Day on September 25.

By AFP · 21 September 2018