Algeria

French President Francois Hollande sent a letter to Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to mark Algeria's 50th anniversary of independence on July 5, saying that France should take 'a clear and responsible look' at its past in Algeria, which it ruled for 132 years. While bilateral relations between the two countries have always gone through cycles of crisis, Hollande's opening may be crucial in fostering a more lasting improvement in links between Paris and Algiers.

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