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BBC News (14 April 2025)

Jessica Rawnsley & Natasha Booty

Algeria has asked 12 French embassy staff to leave the country within 48 hours, France's foreign minister has said.

Jean-Noël Barrot added that it was linked to the indictment of three Algerians in France on Friday, one of whom is a consular official.

They are accused of involvement in the abduction last year of Amir Boukhors, 41, an outspoken critic of Algeria's government who has an audience of more than one million people online. He had reportedly been granted asylum in France in 2023.

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