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French nuclear tests in Algeria: a poisoned legacy
The signing of the Évian Accords on March 18, 1962 paved the way for Algerian independence in July of the same year. But the agreements included a clause that allowed France to continue carrying out nuclear tests in the Algerian desert, causing widespread radioactive contamination of the soil and air. Sixty years later, the victims have not been properly compensated and the extent of the damage poorly assessed. Report by Karim Yahiaoui and Jennie Shin of FRANCE 24.
“Developing regional value chains in Africa”
How can African companies be helped in the context of an international crisis? How to promote investment and trade on the continent despite the disorganization of the value chains on the continent? These are some of the assignments for International Finance Corporation (IFC), the leading development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Its CEO, Makhtar Diop, gave an interview to RFI to describe his actions and his…
Women of the resistance: The heroines of Algeria’s fight for
Sixty years after the Évian Accords ended Algeria's bloody war of independence, a look back at the role of women at this pivotal time. Professor Zahia Smail Salhi tells us how female combatants, informants and special agents played a key role in the National…
“Hi Grandpa, how was Algeria?”
On March 19, 1962, the Evian Treaty put an end to the war in Algeria, leaving many wounds open. 60 years after this war that has never really said its name: "war of liberation", "civil war", "events" ... how to free the word and calm these wounded memories? A group of young people, who are said to be of the 3rd generation, contributed to it. "Tell Grandpa, how was Algeria", a good report by Éric Chaurin. Directed by: Olivier Roux. (Repeat)
Sixty years after the Évian agreements, the war in Algeria leaves painful traces
It's been exactly six decades since the ink was signed on the Evian Accords, an agreement aimed at ending a nearly eight-year conflict that has claimed the lives of more than 300,000 Algerians. But France is still struggling to come to terms with its colonial and wartime heritage in Algeria. We are joined for Perspective by historian Jim House, senior lecturer and research director for French at the University of Leeds in the UK.
Raymond Depardon’s eye and Camel Daoud’s hand
Under the Evian Agreement, March 18, 1962, Raymond Depardon was 19 years old. During the negotiations between France and the FLN, he was one of the rare photographers present during this historic event that ended the war. At the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA)…
France-Algeria: “Individuals, groups, institutions are
Sixty years ago, representatives of the Algerian separatists and the French government signed an agreement in Evian aimed at ending more than seven years of war in Algeria. The conflict was violent, it did not end immediately with the agreements ... Above all,…
Algeria refuses to restart its gas pipeline
It is an end to non-receipt that Algiers opposed the US request to increase gas shipments to Europe by reopening the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline that runs through Morocco and which has been closed since December 2021 by decision of Algiers.…
In search of the missing from the Algerian war
Sixty years ago, the Evian Agreement was signed by representatives of the French Government and those of GPRA, the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic. The next day, the ceasefire was established, eight years after the start of the war, and the…