(Algeria had won independence in 1962 after years of war against France.) Instead, it was Kassamen, the national anthem of independent Algeria, that was played. This was one of the moments that ...
Algiers (AFP) – Rachid Mekhloufi, a star of French football who became a symbol of the Algerian fight for independence, has died aged 88, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced on Friday.