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Remains of Briton missing since 2001 found in well in Brittany, former partner under investigation
A daughter’s continued search for her missing father led to new investigation
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French weekly weather forecast July 27 - 31: fourth heatwave arrives, highs of 40C
South-west and centre to see highest temperatures
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Massive wildfire near Bordeaux ‘stabilised’, 220,000 evacuated
Eighty-four firefighters have been injured and over 42,000 hectares of land affected
France to support Algerian war soldiers
Nearly 60 years after the end of the Algerian war the government is to honour President Macron’s election pledge and give help to the harkis , Muslim Algerian troops who supported France.
The French army had recruited 150,000 Algerians to fight in the 1958-62 war of independence but when it pulled out it is thought up to 75,000 men plus their families were left in Algeria to face bloody reprisals.
Up to 90,000 troops were repatriated to France but shunted into insanitary camps or tented villages before being housed in large urban estates without any real integration.
It was 1974 before they were recognised as anciens combattants with welfare rights, 1983 that the war started to be taught in schools and 1999 that it was ratified as a war. Now reparations and an official recognition are expected.
