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France - Algeria war: Macron asks 'betrayed' Harki fighters for 'forgiveness' • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 20 Sep 2021
French President Emmanuel #Macron on Monday asked for "forgiveness" on behalf of his country for abandoning #Algerians who fought alongside France in their country's war of #independence. Tens of thousands of Algerians fought with the French army in the war that pitted Algerian independence fighters against their French colonial masters from 1954 to 1962. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Douglas Herbert explains.

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