Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf said Algeria’s experience under French rule highlighted the need for compensation.
African leaders want colonial-era abuses recognised and criminalised.
Algeria says a legal framework would ensure reparations are neither a gift nor a favour.
So, how could former colonial powers be held accountable?
And can the cost of those atrocities be measured?
Presenter: Bernard Smith
Guests:
Abdelkader Abderrahmane – Independent researcher and co-author of “The Politics of Algeria”
Liliane Umubyeyi – Co-Founder and Executive Director of African Futures Lab
Nicolas Normand – Former French ambassador to Mali, the Republic of Congo/Congo-Brazzaville and Senegal