Stéphane Romatet, diplomatic adviser to the Prime Minister's Office, in Paris, on February 19, 2015. BRUNO LEVY FOR LE MONDE
Paris will return its ambassador to Algeria and send a senior envoy to ceremonies marking a colonial-era massacre in its former colony to improve frayed relations, the French presidency said on Friday, May 8.
Ties between France and Algeria have been fraught since 2024, when Paris officially backed Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara region, where Algeria supports the pro-independence Polisario Front.
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Why are diplomatic relations between France and Algeria so strained?
