France’s massacres in Algeria ‘can’t be forgotten’: Tebboune
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA): Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said the “heinous massacres” committed during the French colonial era in Algeria “can’t be forgotten.”
In a message on the 77th anniversary of the massacre which began on May 8, 1945, committed by the French colonial army against Algerian demonstrators, Tebboune said the bloodshed was a turning point in Algeria’s history.
The May 8, 1945, massacre was the largest and ugliest carnage committed by France in a single day. Algerian official figures estimate that around 45,000 Algerians were killed for demanding independence.
Algeria represents the most recent and bloodiest example of France’s colonial history on the African continent.
Approximately 1.5 million Algerians were killed and millions more displaced in an eight-year struggle for independence that started in 1954.
For years, Algeria has demanded that France recognize and compensate for its crimes committed against the Algerian people during the French colonial period between 1830 and 1962.
Paris has never officially apologized to Algeria as a state for its colonial policies.
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