Algeria summoned French ambassador Stephane Romatet on Tuesday, lodging a strong protest against “provocative” treatment of Algerian citizens at airports in Paris.

Algerian lawmakers have condemned the European Parliament for a resolution criticizing the arrest of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal.

At least seven people have been arrested since January for their provocative online posts. They were accused of inciting violence against individuals and, in some cases, calling for terrorist attacks

France faces its worst wheat exports in decades as a rift with Algeria, a lull in Chinese demand and a dire harvest accelerate a loss of market share for the European Union's top grain grower to cheaper producers like Russia.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 28. Algeria is urgently calling on France to take full responsibility for the removal of nuclear test waste left behind from tests conducted on Algerian soil, said Salah Goudjil, Chairman of the Algerian National Council, Trend reports citing Algerian media.

France waged a war marked by "extreme violence" during Cameroon's fight for independence in the late 1950s, historians said in the latest officially commissioned study grappling with Paris's colonial past released on Tuesday.

President Emmanuel Macron and key members of the government will meet in the coming days to decide how to respond to what Paris deems as growing hostility from Algeria, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Last summer, Macron shifted his affections to Algeria’s neighbour, King Mohamed VI of Morocco, with whom Algeria had broken relations after “M6″ recognised the state of Israel. Macron announced that France would recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed western Sahara,

The turbulent relationship between France and its former colony Algeria has hit an all-time low, with the two countries accusing one another of humiliation and wilfully inflaming tensions.

France has lost all that remains of its so-called values, amid the escalating crisis with Algeria. It has even reached the point of squandering a value that France has always criticized other countries for not respecting it,

France confronts its steepest decline in wheat exports amid diplomatic tensions with Algeria, reduced Chinese demand, and a poor harvest. Competition from Russia and other countries is intensifying, threatening France's position as a major wheat exporter and impacting its economy and agricultural sector.

Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France, has died. She was 102.