Algeria and its former colonial power France are stepping up diplomatic pressure after the kidnapping of an Algerian influencer. But there is more at stake between Paris and Algiers. https://p.dw ...

France says it will expel 12 Algerian diplomatic and consular staff members and has recalled its ambassador from Algiers, deepening a crisis that threatens to unravel months of attempted ...

The move followed expulsions of French officials by Algeria after an Algerian official was accused of kidnapping an influencer who had been granted political asylum in France. By Roger Cohen and ...

French President Emmanuel Macron expelled 12 Algerian diplomats and consular officials on Tuesday and also recalled the French ambassador in Algiers, as tensions escalate in what has been a nearly ...

In addition to what French officials called the “symmetrically” calibrated expulsion of 12 Algerian officials, France’s ambassador to Algiers also was being recalled home for consultations ...

PARIS (AP) — France said Tuesday it was expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same number of French officials in escalating tensions ...

France said Tuesday it was expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same number of French officials in escalating tensions between the two ...

Algeria and its former colonial power France are stepping up diplomatic pressure after the kidnapping of an Algerian influencer. But there is more at stake between Paris and Algiers. Are France ...

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, pictured in 2015, is a prominent figure in north African modern francophone literature — Joël SAGET An Algerian court on Thursday sentenced French-Algerian ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Algerian author Boualem Sansal speaks during the ...