Algeria: French President Visits As Country Reels From Devastating Wildfires

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Burned trees and vegetation during the Bootleg fire in the mountains west of Paisley, Oregon, U.S., on Friday, July 23, 2021. The Bootleg blaze in southern Oregon has swelled to become the biggest among scores of current wildfires engulfing the western U.S. and is expected to grow as dryness and heat thwart fire crews. Photographer: Maranie Staab/Bloomberg via Getty Images

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit former colony Algeria on Thursday in a bid to improve strained ties between Paris and Algiers.
French-Algerian ties hit a low late last year after Macron reportedly questioned whether Algeria had existed as a nation before the French invasion and accused its “political-military system” of rewriting history and fomenting “hatred towards France”.
Algeria withdrew its ambassador in response, but the two sides appear to have mended ties since.