France returns skulls of Algerian resistance fighters

Algeria yesterday received the skulls of 24 resistance fighters decapitated during France’s colonial occupation of the North African country, and which had been stored for decades in a Paris museum. UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has urged countries to make amends for “centuries of violence and discrimination”. The skulls, once viewed as war trophies, were flown into Algiers airport on a Hercules C-130 transport plane.