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French report grapples with nuclear fallout from Algerian War General Jean Thiry, director of nuclear experiment centers, pressing a button to trigger the explosion of the third French atomic bomb at the Reggane test site in the Algerian Sahara. The test, called Gerboise rouge, took place on December 27, 1960. Credit: AFP/Getty Images In January, the French historian Benjamin Stora filed a report commissioned by the French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at “reconciliation of memories between France and Algeria,” which France ruled as the jewel of its colonial empire for more than 130 years. The Stora Report addressed several scars from the Algerian War for Independence (1954–62), a bloody struggle for decolonization that met savage repression by French troops. One of these controversies stems from French use of the Algerian Sahara for nuclear weapons development.

Benjamin storaFirst committee on disarmamentUnited nationsFrench president emmanuel macronStora reportAlgerian warAlgerian saharaBlue jerboaFirst committeeபெஞ்சமின் ஸ்டோராஒன்றுபட்டது நாடுகள்பிரஞ்சு ப்ரெஸிடெஂட் இம்மானுவேல் மேக்ரான்ஸ்டோரா அறிக்கைஅல்ஜீரியன் போர்அல்ஜீரியன் சஹாராமுதல் குழு