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Algeria orders expulsion of French embassy staff over "protocol breaches"
XINHUA  |  May 12, 2025

Algerian authorities recently identified at least 15 French employees assigned to missions in Algeria without completing the required procedures.

What France loses by closing its military bases in Africa
The Conversation  |  Jan 28, 2025

As part of the informal division of security responsibilities among Western nations, France has long been considered the “gendarme of Africa”.

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