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French police open investigation into blogger Amir DZ's 'kidnapping'

The opposition activist, who was sentenced to death in Algeria and later granted refugee status in France, claims he was briefly abducted in a Paris suburb late last month. [...]

Published on 21/05/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Algeria's president Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Lisbon on 23 May 2023.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Algeria
French police open investigation into blogger Amir DZ's 'kidnapping'

Algeria
'Amir DZ' granted refugee status in France despite Algiers' extradition request

Algeria, Morocco
Algiers and Rabat assess their support in French Senate

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'Amir DZ' still struggling to get political refugee status in France

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Tebboune's Paris trip faces further delays as tiff with army chief continues