60 years ago today the Evian accords were signed that ended the Algerian #War of Indpendence. For eight years, #France's colonial forces and Algeria's independence fighters had been locked in a bloody war, but in March 1962, the guns fell silent and 130 years of colonial occupation came to an end. Tonight we are discussing what this means today, where #Algeria is going, and the shadow still cast by Algeria's colonial past.

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