Algeria slams France's 'campaign of disinformation' amid row over deported influencer

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11 January 2025 at 1:47 pm·1-min read

France's Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau (C), flanked by French delagate minister to Foreign Affairs Thani Mohamed Soilihi (R,) addresses media during a visit focused on the visas at the Visa Department in Nantes, western France on January 10, 2025

Algeria on Saturday rejected France's accusation of escalation, denouncing a "campaign of disinformation" in their latest diplomatic row over the arrests of Algerian social media influencers accused of inciting violence.

Algeria on Saturday rejected France's accusation of escalation, denouncing a "campaign of disinformation" in their latest diplomatic row after Algiers sent back to Paris an influencer deported from the European country.

"Algeria is in no way engaged in a logic of escalation... or humiliation," the Algerian foreign ministry said in a statement, accusing the extreme right in France of "waging a campaign of disinformation" against Algeria.

"Doualemn", a 59-year-old influencer, was detained by French authorities in the southern city of Montpellier after posting a controversial video on TikTok.

He was sent by plane to Algeria on Thursday, according to his lawyer, but was sent back to France the same evening as Algeria refused to let the influencer enter.

France's interior minister Bruno Retailleau on Friday accused Algeria of trying to humiliate the former colonial power.

Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot threatened restrictions to visas or development aid, telling LCI television that France would have "no option but to retaliate" if "the Algerians continue to escalate" the row.

(AFP)

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