InsightThe world cannot allow France to consign its colonial-era massacres to the dustbin of history. The country was pulverised during World War II, losing more than half a million citizens and experiencing the humiliation of invasion and conquest. Many used French organised VE-Day celebrations to make their voices heard. Four months later, on 17 October, Paris riot police murdered up to 300 Algerian demonstrators in central Paris and the suburbs on a single night. It is Algerians alone who are left to mourn a genocide.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 08, 2020 12:45 UTC