France's nuclear tests in Algeria: A colonial legacy that still radiates 60 years later

France's nuclear tests in Algeria: A colonial legacy that still radiates 60 years later Submitted by Tassa Adidi on Wed, 08/26/2026 - 09:02 As France withholds maps and refuses to help clean radioactive sites from its Sahara nuclear tests, Algeria has begun decontamination efforts on its own An Algerian man looks at a danger sign at the entrance of the nuclear bomb test site of Tena Fila mountain at Ain Ekra, Algeria, on 25 February 2010 (Fayez Nureldine/AFP) Off Mokhtar Benabdelkader, a 30-year-old engineer living