Algeria’s ambassador to France was on Wednesday night recalled for consultations, the presidency has confirmed in a fresh spat over the evacuation of Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui who is wanted by Algiers.
In a statement which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered that ambassador Said Moussi to be recalled ‘with immediate effect’.
According to reports, Ms Bouraoui, 46, was arrested in Tunisia on Friday and risked being deported to Algeria, but she was finally able to board a flight to France on Monday evening.
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The French-Algerian was sentenced in Algeria in May 2021 to two years in jail for “offending Islam” and for insulting the president. She has not been placed under arrest since then pending an appeal.
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Algeria in August 2022 to repair fractured relations after a long period of tension over conflicting memories of Algeria’s bloody war of independence.
Recall that a man aged 31 years old man was recently charged by the authorities following the abduction and murder of a schoolgirl in France, barely a month after the killing of a girl in Paris sparked outrage.
The latest victim, who is a 14-year-old named Vanesa in French media, was reportedly snatched on her way home from school in the town of Tonneins last Friday in the rural Lot-et-Garonne region.
According to reports, a local Frenchman who had spent the day smoking cannabis in his car owned up to raping and strangling her before dumping her body in an abandoned building, local prosecutors said in a statement on Sunday.
While in custody, he disclosed that he had not planned the crime and did not know the victim, adding that ‘his acts were sexually motivated,’ the statement said.