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An Algerian stripped naked and subjected to the actions of five French soldiers, who spread his legs and touch his intimate parts. The Algerian War was an armed conflict between the French Armed Forces and the Algerian National Liberation Front between the years 1954-1962 which ended with Algeria gaining independence from France.
Thiaroye massacre. The Thiaroye massacre (French: Massacre de Thiaroye; pronounced [tja.ʁwa]) was a massacre of French West African veterans of the 1940 Battle of France, by French forces on the morning of 1 December 1944. These Tirailleurs Sénégalais units had been recently liberated from prisoner camps and after being repatriated to West ...
Kasdi Merbah, former Prime Minister of Algeria. March 10, 1994. Abdelkader Alloula, playwright. Killed by two members of the Islamic Front for Armed Jihad. September 29, 1994. Cheb Hasni, singer. December 3, 1994. Saïd Mekbel, journalist. Assassinated with a car bomb in Aïn Bénian.
T. Torture during the Algerian War. Categories: Background and causes of the Algerian War. French war crimes by country. War crimes in Algeria. Military history of French Algeria.
France and the Rwandan genocide. A French marine, part of the international force supporting the relief effort for Rwandan refugees, adjusts the concertina wire surrounding the airport. The role of France in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi has been a source of controversy and debate both within and beyond France and Rwanda.
The list of countries by homicide rateis derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide.
Wagner Group activities in Africa. The Wagner Group is a Russian state-funded [1] paramilitary organization, also described as a private military company (PMC) and as a network of mercenaries. [2][3] Since 2017 it has provided military support, security and protection for several governments in Africa. [4] In return, Russian and Wagner-linked ...
De Gaulle's successors Georges Pompidou (1959–74) and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981) continued de Gaulle's African policy. It was supported with French military units, and a large naval presence in the Indian Ocean. Over 260,000 Frenchmen worked in Africa, focused especially on delivering oil supplies.