French colonial empire
Overseas territories controlled by France
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| October 2021 | Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's office states that 5.6 million Algerians died during French colonial rule. |
| January 2021 | President Macron stated there would be 'no repentance nor apologies' for French colonization of Algeria, instead focusing on reconciliation. |
| July 2020 | 24 Algerian resistance fighters' remains, decapitated by French colonial forces in the 19th century, were repatriated from Paris and buried in Martyrs' Square at El Alia Cemetery. |
| 2018 | France officially admits that torture was systematic and routine during the Algerian colonial period. |
| 2017 | President Emmanuel Macron described France's colonization of Algeria as a 'crime against humanity', calling for confronting the past and apologizing for colonial acts. |
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