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Having been independent for decades, how do Algerians experience this separation from France today? Speaking to Sputnik, an Algerian historian explains that... 02.11.2022, Sputnik International

French report on the unfairness of France’s nuclear history in Algeria The Stora Report addressed several scars from the Algerian War for Independence (1954–62), a bloody struggle for decolonization that met savage repression by French troops. One of these controversies stems from French use of the Algerian Sahara for nuclear weapons development. France proved its bomb in the atmosphere above this desert, naming the inaugural blast , or Blue Jerboa, after the local rodent. Between 1960 an...

French report grapples with nuclear fallout from Algerian War General Jean Thiry, director of nuclear experiment centers, pressing a button to trigger the explosion of the third French atomic bomb at the Reggane test site in the Algerian Sahara. The test, called Gerboise rouge, took place on December 27, 1960. Credit: AFP/Getty Images In January, the French historian Benjamin Stora filed a report commissioned by the French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at “reconciliation of memories bet...

Algerians have called on France to acknowledge the crimes it committed in the Algerian war of 1954-1962. The French president Emmanuel Macron will take symbolic acts to appease memories of the war in a bid to reconcile the two countries, a statement from the Elysée palace said Wednesday. But according to the statement, Macron will not honor a request for apology by Algerians. The announcement has not been well received in the North African nation. It comes as the long-awaited report on France�...