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Decades after independence, France-Algeria ties still tense

Decades after independence, France-Algeria ties still tense

  • Several historians believe that recognizing French colonization as a “crime against humanity” would be more appropriate
  • During the historians’ debate, Algeria asked France to return the skulls of resistance fighters and historical and symbolic artifacts from 19th-century Algeria, including items that belonged to Algerian anti-colonial figure Emir Abdelkader
By AFP ·