The Harkis: 'Betrayed' soldiers from France's Algeria war • FRANCE 24 English
FRANCE24, 20 Sep 2021
As French President Emmanuel #Macron formally apologises to the #Harkis Monday, FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliard looks at the grim fate of the Muslim #Algerians who fought on the side of France during their homeland's war of independence. Up to 200,000 Harkis -- the name comes the Arabic word for "movement" given to the mobile units in which they served -- fought for the French colonial power during the 1954-62 war with Algeria's National Liberation Front.
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