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Rym Bendimerad

Algeria’s war for independence: 60 years on

France attempted to settle Algeria with Europeans during the long colonial period - they made up 10 percent of the population by the time of Algerian independence [File: Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images]

Amira Toureche, a 29-year-old Algerian PhD student living in the United Kingdom, was never able to meet her grandfather.

He was killed by French colonial forces in Algeria when Toureche’s father was only six years old.

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