The tension between Algeria and France flares up, Algeria bans the importation of livestock from France

The tension between Algeria and France flares up, Algeria bans the importation of livestock from France

Sep 24, 2023 - 11:12
The tension between Algeria and France flares up, Algeria bans the importation of livestock from France
The tension between Algeria and France flares up, Algeria bans the importation of livestock from France

  Algerian government officials have banned the importation of live animals from France after the discovery of a viral disease in French livestock. Political tensions between Algeria and France have increased in recent years, especially in the past year due to the positions and actions of the French President, Emmanuel Macron. Algerians who suffered for many years due to French colonialism in their country, in recent years, have raised their voice more against the oppression and neo-colonial politics of Paris after the disclosure of more documents related to the crimes committed by the French in the country. According to the Anatolia news agency, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Algeria has announced in its statement that the decision to approve the importation of live animals from France has been taken after the discovery of a viral disease known as hemorrhagic fever.

which has spread to live cows and calves in France. French authorities announced the discovery of hemorrhagic fever in animals in the country two days after the disease was identified in the southwestern regions of the country. The relationship between Algeria and France has been strained, and in recent years, new documents of crimes committed by France in Algeria have been revealed, which further show the brutality and inhumanity of the French against the Algerian freedom fighters. French crimes in Algeria According to one of those documents, more than one and a half million Algerians were killed during the French colonial period and the war for independence of the country.