Algeria’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Ataf said Algeria’s experience under French rule highlighted the need for reparations.
African leaders want colonial-era abuses recognized and criminalized.
Algeria said the legal framework would ensure that compensation was neither a gift nor a favor.
So how can former colonial powers be held accountable?
Can the cost of these atrocities be measured?
host: feeling abu hayda
Guests:
Jacques Reland – Senior Researcher, European Affairs
Paul Beaver – former soldier and defense analyst
Peter Nelson – former Commander, NATO Force Integration Force in Lithuania
Posted on December 2, 2025






