Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune spoke of the horrific massacres that French colonialism caused in Algeria, starting in 1945.
For Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the “horrible massacres” committed by French colonialism in his country “cannot be forgotten”. The massacres were mainly concentrated in the localities of Sétif, Kherrata, and Guelma, in the east of the country.
In Algeria, the date of May 8 is commemorated as referring to a “mass massacre” of the Algerian civilian population at a time when the world and Europe were celebrating the end of the Second World War.
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Algeria demands that France apologize for its crimes during the Algerian colonial period. 77 years later, the painful memories of this period of history remain vivid.
Official Algerian figures show more than 45,000 Algerians massacred during brutal repression and unprecedented violence during demonstrations demanding independence in Sétif, Guelma, and Kherrata.
