France expels 12 Algerian officials as row over alleged kidnapping escalates

Move follows Algiers' expulsion of diplomats, after France's arrest of man linked to abduction of influencer Amir DZ

France has expelled 12 Algerian consular and diplomatic officials and recalled its ambassador in Algiers, the French presidency said on Tuesday, in a retaliatory measure as a spat escalates between the two countries.

The Algerian authorities are responsible for the sudden degradation of our bilateral relations," President Emmanuel Macron's office said.