A prominent French journalist on Sunday announced he was stepping down from his role as an expert analyst for broadcaster RTL after provoking an uproar by comparing French actions during colonial rule in Algeria to a World War II massacre committed by Nazi forces in France.

Tens of thousands of Algerians are living in France without legal permission. But the Algiers government is refusing to take back even dangerous criminals. The dispute threatens to upend a historic migration pact.

EDITORIAL. A 1968 agreement exempts Algerians from common immigration law, but renegotiations have left them with only marginal advantages. Updating this text may seem like a legitimate move, but the French government needs to adopt a coherent position.

Relations between France and Algeria have hit a new low with Algiers blaming the rise of the French far right for a more combative approach from Paris towards its former colony. Relations soured further in November when Algeria arrested French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal on national security charges after he told a French far-right media outlet that Morocco's territory was truncated in favour of Algeria during French colonial rule.

France said on Wednesday it would review a decades-old agreement that makes it easier for Algerian citizens to move to France unless Algeria agrees to take back those who are deported by the French authorities.

Algeria has issued a warning to France regarding the upcoming joint military drills with Morocco, scheduled for September near the Algerian border.

Some experts argue that France's growing war of words with its former colony stems partly from the government's desire to appease the far right on migration.

When, once again, innocent French people were attacked by yet another knife-wielding North African, the country’s shock and sorrow soon gave way to anger at the suspect’s native country, Algeria. France was still reeling from the killing spree of Brahim Abdessemed in the Alsatian town of Mulhouse on Feb.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou announced on Wednesday that Paris would be reexamining the 1968 migration pact that has historically made it easier for Algerians to settle in France. This

Algeria reaffirms its ‘absolute rejection of being addressed with ultimatums, warnings or threats,’ says Foreign Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı

French Prime Minister François Bayrou announced his government was giving Algiers four to six weeks to accept to repatriate a list of people expelled from France.

Editorial - In the 8 o'clock news on Monday 3 March 2025, France 2 (a station of the French national public television broadcaster France TV) aired a report entitled "Algiers wants to silence its opponents.