"Even more, it happened more than 60 years after its withdrawal from Algeria," he added. There had been many deaths on the ...

William Leiss: From Washington to Algiers, from steel to war, a war which had been long and costly. France and Algiers alike had bled almost to exhaustion. Even the proud, imperious Charles de ...

Follow the battle that signified 'the end of the beginning' of World War Two, as the Allies force the decisive breakthrough in the North African Campaign.

Algeria and its former colonial power France are stepping up diplomatic pressure after the kidnapping of an Algerian influencer. But there is more at stake between Paris and Algiers.