French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot has announced her country will soon allow access to archive records related to criminal investigations during the Algerian War.
The classified documents are deemed to contain state secrets and it is hoped will help historians and researchers unravel a lot of cases of missing people and killings of Algerians under the French colonial administration.
The North African country had recalled its ambassador to Paris and closed its airspace to French military flights in October over comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron.