Algiers wants France to admit 1945 massacres
President Bouteflika called on Paris on 7 May to admit the killing of 45,000 Algerians during anti-French protests in May 1945. 'The Algerian people have always been waiting for France to admit the acts perpetrated during the colonisation period and the liberation war to pave the way for broader and new friendship and co-operation prospects,' Bouteflika said in a speech. He was speaking at a commemoration event in Setif, where French forces launched an air and ground assault on pro-independence
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