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Macron causes uproar by saying France's colonisation of Algeria was 'crime against humanity'
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Feb 24, 2017 09:15pm |
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| Author | AFP |
| News Date | Thursday, February 16, 2017 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron has drawn a storm of criticism from his rivals after calling France's colonisation of Algeria a "crime against humanity".
In a TV interview in Algiers this week, the centrist said French actions in Algeria, which achieved independence in 1962 after eight years of war, were "genuinely barbaric, and constitute a part of our past that we have to confront by apologising".
His visit also included a stop at the Martyrs' Memorial in Algiers, saying he wanted to promote a "reconciliation of memories" between the two countries.
The violent history between France and Algeria is still a source of tension between the two countries and within French political circles.
Political parties in Algeria have long denounced the refusal of the French authorities to recognise and apologize for the crimes committed by colonial France in Algeria. And French governments over the years have often been accused of being in denial about the violence of its colonial rule, which reached a peak during the Algerian war of independence that ended in 1962. |
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