Algeria's colonial past still haunts 60 years after independence

Young Algerians hang a national flag on a wall in the Casbah of Algiers on 6 July 1962, a day after the country proclaimed its independence from France. AFP - -

Algeria marks 60 years of independence from France on 5 July, but competing narratives over atrocities committed during more than a century of colonial rule still trigger bitter diplomatic tensions between Paris and Algiers.

Algeria won its independence after a gruelling eight-year war that ended with the signing of the Evian Accords in March 1962.