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Algeria orders exit of French officials amid rocky relations

Algeria has ordered French officials to leave the country as relations between the two countries threaten to deteriorate once more [Alain Jocard/AFP]

Algeria has ordered a dozen French officials to leave the country within 48 hours, increasing diplomatic tension between the two countries.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot asserted on Monday that the order is linked to the recent arrest of three Algerian nationals suspected of kidnapping a high-profile critic of the Algerian government in Paris last year.

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