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France to lift lid on secret archives detailing bloody Algeria war

French President Emmanuel Macron holds the report on the memory of the colonisation and the Algerian war during a meeting with historian Benjamin Stora at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. [Reuters]

France announced on Friday that it will soon open to the public the most highly classified parts of its national archives about the Algerian war of independence, shedding light on some of the darkest chapters in France's 20th century history.

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