Can former colonial powers be held accountable for past atrocities?

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

Read More

  • Related Posts

    Racist former soldier who ranted about ‘bowing down to Muslims’ found guilty of murdering his Moroccan-born neighbour

    By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 13:11 EST, 11 December 2025 | Updated: 11:59 EST, 12 December 2025 A racist former soldier who ranted about ‘bowing down to Muslims’…

    Former Nickelodeon star is now ‘homeless on the streets of Los Angeles’

    By LAURA PARNABY, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:08 EST, 21 December 2025 | Updated: 14:15 EST, 22 December 2025 Former Nickelodeon star Tylor Chase has been found homeless on…

    You Missed

    Amateur footballer, 20, who died from flesh-eating virus could have survived if paramedics had taken him to hospital, coroner rules

    • By poster
    • March 17, 2026
    • 2 views
    Amateur footballer, 20, who died from flesh-eating virus could have survived if paramedics had taken him to hospital, coroner rules

    Prince Harry says British troops who died in Afghanistan deserve ‘respect’ in backlash against Donald Trump’s jibe at UK’s war dead

    • By poster
    • March 17, 2026
    • 2 views
    Prince Harry says British troops who died in Afghanistan deserve ‘respect’ in backlash against Donald Trump’s jibe at UK’s war dead

    ‘Insulting and frankly appalling’: Keir Starmer demands apology from Donald Trump in major transatlantic row over jibe at Britain’s Afghan war dead

    • By poster
    • March 17, 2026
    • 2 views
    ‘Insulting and frankly appalling’: Keir Starmer demands apology from Donald Trump in major transatlantic row over jibe at Britain’s Afghan war dead

    The 12 cities that will see ‘catastrophic’ damage by crippling US winter storm: Live updates

    • By poster
    • March 17, 2026
    • 2 views
    The 12 cities that will see ‘catastrophic’ damage by crippling US winter storm: Live updates

    DJ Fat Tony now reveals Nicola Peltz’s entire family stormed out of wedding after THAT dance and how Victoria Beckham draped her arms around Brooklyn

    • By poster
    • March 17, 2026
    • 2 views
    DJ Fat Tony now reveals Nicola Peltz’s entire family stormed out of wedding after THAT dance and how Victoria Beckham draped her arms around Brooklyn

    Winter Storm Fern death toll rises to 8 as the South is hit with TORNADO warning amid blistering -20F conditions: Live updates

    • By poster
    • March 15, 2026
    • 3 views
    Winter Storm Fern death toll rises to 8 as the South is hit with TORNADO warning amid blistering -20F conditions: Live updates