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CONFLICT● LOW2d ago · Oct 22, 2026, 4:38 PM

When France hijacked the plane carrying the leaders of the Algerian revolution

BBC Afrique · north africa

Il y a exactement soixante-dix ans, le 22 octobre 1956, les autorités françaises détournèrent un avion marocain qui effectuait la liaison entre Palma de Majorque, en Espagne, et Tunis. Elles le forcèrent à atterrir à l'aéroport de Maison-Blanche, Alger alors sous domination coloniale française.

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