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Algeria–France Diplomatic Crisis IntensifiesF

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Posted On 17 April 2025

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By Arezki Daoud: I was in Algeria last week and it was difficult to ignore the escalating diplomatic tension between France and Algeria. Both sides seem to be fired up, with the right-wing hardliners in France coalescing in favor of more anti-Algeria actions, while the Algerian government uncompromising stance against France has been getting tremendous public support. Continue reading after the video podcast.

In April 2025, the two nations found themselves once again mired in what may be one of the most intense confrontations between the two since Algeria’s independence in 1962. The feuding parties have so many divergent positions about a lot of issues, but the most recent rupture was ignited by the public arrest in France of an Algerian consular agent, accused of involvement in a plot to kidnap a political dissident. But setting aside this episode, the two countries have been at odds on so many grievances, and are experiencing a great deal of mistrust, and unresolved tensions over their shared tumultuous history and the evolving geopolitics.

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