Hocine Aït Ahmed, who has died aged 89, was one of the key figures in Algeria’s fight for independence, and could conceivably have become president. But he was also highly principled, and, once the ...

Hocine Aït-Ahmed, who has died aged 89, was the last survivor of the original nine founders of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), which led the anti-colonial struggle against France; after ...

One of nine founding members of the resistance to French colonial rule in the 1950s, Ait-Ahmed helped launch the independence war that eventually brought the North African country to freedom in 1962.

Thousands of Algerians made their way to a tiny hill-top village today to pay their final respects to a man who played a crucial role in their nation’s road to freedom. The road from the capital ...

The last surviving father of the Algerian revolution died on Wednesday aged 89. His legacy raises questions about today’s politics in Algeria Hocine Ait Ahmed, father of the Algerian revolution and ...

AIT-AHMED, ALGERIA: Tens of thousands gathered in an Algerian village Friday for the burial of Hocine Ait-Ahmed, one of the fathers of the country's struggle for independence and a key opposition ...

Hocine Ait Ahmed was the last of nine heroes of the independence war to die Tens of thousands of Algerians have attended the burial of national independence hero Hocine Ait-Ahmed. The ceremony near ...

He was known as a founding member of what was described as the "Sons of Toussaint", a group of nationalist leaders who initiated the armed struggle against French imperialism on November 1, 1954. He ...

Tens of thousands gathered in an Algerian village Friday for the burial of Hocine Ait-Ahmed, one of the fathers of the country's struggle for independence and a key opposition figure. Ait-Ahmed died ...

The last surviving father of the Algerian revolution died on Wednesday aged 89. His legacy raises questions about today’s politics in Algeria Hocine Ait Ahmed, father of the Algerian revolution and ...