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France's Macron visits Algeria in bid to mend ties

French President Emmanuel Macron has kicked off a three-day visit to Algeria with economic ties on the agenda, as well as a bid to reset often tense relations between Paris and Algiers. Also in this edition: Angola's ruling party edges closer to an election win after the tightest presidential race…

France 24

France, Algeria to set up joint historian committee on French colonial rule, Macron says

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he wanted to build the future of Franco-Algerian relations by confronting a painful colonial past but also by focusing on future challenges.

Reuters

France’s Macron Heads to Algeria in Bid to Heal Wounds

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Algeria on Thursday for a three-day official visit aimed at addressing two major challenges: boosting future economic relations and healing colonial-era wounds. The visit comes less than a year after a monthslong diplomatic crisis between the two countries stirred up tensions 60 years after…

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France's Macron urges future with Algeria beyond 'painful' history

President Emmanuel Macron indicated France and Algeria should move beyond their "painful" shared history and look to the future on Thursday at the start of a three-day visit to the North African country.

Reuters

On Algeria visit, Macron says 'painful' shared past 'prevents us from looking to the future'

On his second visit to Algeria as head of state, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday reiterated a commitment to building a better bilateral future, announcing a joint committee to study the colonial period and saying a "painful common past (...) has at times prevented us from looking to the…

France 24

France’s Macron in Algeria: Frosty ties, bitter history

Macron’s visit is an attempt to mend relations between France and Algeria, which hit a new low in the last year.

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Macron in Africa: a cynical twist to repair the colonial past while keeping a tight grip

In late July 2022 French president Emmanuel Macron concluded a tour of Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau. And he visits Algeria between 25 and 27 August.

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France's Macron heads to Algeria in bid to heal wounds

French President Emmanuel Macron is heading to Algeria for a three-day official visit aimed at boosting future economic relations

The Independent UK

Macron heads to Algeria with energy, post-colonial relations topping agenda

French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Algeria on Thursday seeking to soothe festering diplomatic tensions with an increasingly important supplier of gas to Europe in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Macron may find Algeria's leaders hard to woo in trip

French President Emmanuel Macron hopes his three-day trip to Algeria from Thursday will end a diplomatic row and allow him to develop his relationship with young Algerians, but the North African country's leaders may prove hard to win over.

Reuters

Macron Visit Aimed at Mending Ties with Algeria

French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Algeria on Thursday seeking to soothe festering diplomatic tensions with an increasingly important supplier of gas to Europe.

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France-Algeria: Tense Relations since Independence

France has made several attempts over the years to heal the wounds with former colony Algeria, but it refuses to "apologize or repent" for the 132 years of often brutal rule that ended in 1962. With President Emmanuel Macron set to arrive in Algeria to meet his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune,…

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For one immigrant, Philadelphia Arabs is more than just a Facebook group — it’s a lifeline

PHILADELPHIA -- On a typical day running the Philadelphia Arabs Facebook page, Mohammad Abuhillo posts a little bit of everything: traffic news, live videos from the Schuykill River Trail, soccer watch parties and Middle Eastern restaurant openings.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Algeria: Bus Collides with Tanker, 9 Dead

Nine people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in southeast Algeria, the civil defense said on Sunday. The crash, in which six other people were injured, happened Saturday night in Illizi, a statement said, without identifying the cause of the crash. Speed is…

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Expert: Algeria Fires Burned UNESCO-listed Park

More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern Algeria, killing at least 38 people, an expert told AFP on Saturday. The figure cited by Rafik Baba Ahmed, former director of the El Kala Biosphere Reserve, means that the burned area…

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French President Macron to Travel to Algeria on Aug. 25

French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to travel to Algeria next week, the Elysee palace announced on Saturday, saying that the official visit will take place from Aug.25-27. Macron accepted an invitation by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, his office said. It will be Macron's second official visit to the North…

France 24

Five years after last visit, Macron returns to Algeria in bid to reset ties

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Algeria next week in a bid to improve strained ties between Paris and Algiers, 60 years after the country won its independence from France.

Reuters

French President Macron to travel to Algeria on Aug. 25 - Elysee

French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to travel to Algeria next week, the Elysee palace announced on Saturday, saying that the official visit will take place from Aug.25-27.

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MWL Secretary General Condoles Algeria over Forest Fires Victims

Secretary General of Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Dr. Muhammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa expressed his condolences to Algeria over the victims and people injured by forest fires that swept the country. He expressed full solidarity with the government and people of Algeria,…

The Independent UK

'I lost everything': Algeria reels from deadly wildfires

Algerian firefighters have extinguished all but one of over 50 wildfires that ravaged the country this week

France 24

Deadly Algeria wildfires now 'under control'

Wildfires which killed at least 38 people and left a trail of destruction in northeastern Algeria this week have now been contained, a civil defence official told AFP on Friday.

France 24

Algerian fire crews rein in blazes that left dozens dead

At least 38 people have died in devastating wildfires that have ripped through Algeria's eastern mountains. More than 800 hectares of forest and almost 2,000 hectares of woodland have been destroyed in blazes this month alone. Algeria's prime minister has defended the government's response to the blazes.

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‘Scenes of Devastation’ as Deadly Wildfires Ravage Algeria

Algerian firefighters battled Thursday to rein in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the drought-hit North African country, killing almost 40 people including 12 who died in a bus trapped by the flames.

Radio France Internationale

Dozens killed as forest fires spread in northern Algeria

At least 38 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest fires that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

Wildfires across Algeria kill at least 37 people

The North African country has repeatedly been accused of failing to invest in much-needed firefighting technology.

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