Tag: Algerian War
France condemned for welcoming harkis by the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France this Thursday April 4 for the living conditions “ not compatible with respect for human dignity » harkis in the camps…
President Tebboune confirms his visit to France and a meeting with Emmanuel Macron
In an interview broadcast on Algerian television on Saturday March 30, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune confirmed that he will visit France next fall. Postponed several times, this visit should mark the…
a report to denounce the chains of responsibility in the use of torture
France must recognize its responsibility for torture during the Algerian War (1954-1962), around twenty associations demanded on Monday March 4. At the end of 2022, the Élysée recognized that “…
At the origins of Algerian literature: five questions for Hervé Sanson
Hervé Sanson is a specialist in Maghreb literature. It recounts the conditions for the emergence of French-speaking Algerian literature in the 1950s, as the country plunged into a brutal war…
National day of tribute to the harkis: reparations are still debated
Promulgated in February 2022, the law of recognition and reparation towards the Harkis, auxiliaries of the French army in Algeria, allowed the establishment of an independent National Commission for Compensation…
Jeanne Benameur, daughter of the Mediterranean and sister of Isis
Jeanne thinks, even when she dances, she thinks. She has Atlantic thoughts, also turned towards the Aegean Sea. That’s how in his bag, the undertow of a story begun in…
France in turn appointed its experts
Emmanuel Macron and Abdelmadjid Tebboune had announced it last August: a mixed commission of historians called to work on French colonization and the war in Algeria was about to see…
Algeria is no longer a model for African diplomacy 60 years after its independence
Algeria celebrates on Tuesday the 60th anniversary of its independence, obtained on July 5, 1962 after 132 years of colonization and more than 7 years of war against France and…
60 years after the proclamation of independence, the memory of a euphoric July 5
Algeria celebrates this Tuesday, July 5 the 60th anniversary of its independence. A military parade is planned in the capital, the first for 33 years. While the people of Algiers…
Another story of Algeria with the American writer Alice Kaplan
American writer, academic and historian, Alice Kaplan has worked on memory, autobiography and archives concerning the post-war French literary scene. After being interested in the Algeria of Albert Camus in…