France's 1960s nuclear tests in Algeria still poison ties

Posted: 30th July 2021

France’s 1960s nuclear tests in Algeria still poison ties

By Amal Belalloufi with Philippe Agret in Paris
Algiers (AFP) July 29, 2021

 More than 60 years since France started its nuclear tests in Algeria, their legacy continues to poison relations between the North African nation and its former colonial ruler. 

The issue has come to the fore again after President Emmanuel Macron said in French Polynesia on Tuesday that Paris owed “a debt” to the South Pacific territory over atomic tests there between 1966 and 1996.

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