Editing Foreign relations of Algeria (section)

== Africa ==
Algeria has friendly relations with other countries in the [[Maghreb]], [[Tunisia]] and [[Libya]], and with Sub-Saharan countries [[Mali]] and [[Niger]]. Algeria has taken the lead in working on issues related to the African continent. Host of the [[Organisation of African Unity]] Conference in 2000, Algeria also was key in bringing [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]] to the peace table in 2000. It has worked closely with other African countries to establish the [[New Partnership for Africa's Development]]. Algeria has taken a lead in reviving the [[Arab Maghreb Union]] with other regional Arab countries.

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|{{flag|Egypt}}|| ||See [[Algeria–Egypt relations]]
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Cairo]].
* Egypt has an embassy in Algiers.
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|{{flag|Ethiopia}}||1968||

* Algeria has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].
* Ethiopia closed its embassy in Algiers in 2021.
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|{{flag|Ghana}}||1962||

* Algeria has an embassy in [[Accra]].
* Ghana has an embassy in Algiers.
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|{{flag|Kenya}}||23 June 1964||See [[Algeria–Kenya relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 June 1964 when the Algerian ambassador to Kenya, Mr. Nouredien Djoudi, presented his credentials to the Governor-General.<ref name="Africa Research Bulletin"/>

* Algeria has an embassy in [[Nairobi]].
* Kenya has an embassy in Algiers.
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|{{flag|Libya}}||24 August 1963||See [[Algeria–Libya relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 August 1963.<ref name="ReferenceA2"/>

Algeria–Libya relations have generally been amicable.<ref name=cs>Entelis, John P. with Lisa Arone. "The Maghrib". [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/dztoc.html ''Algeria: a country study''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115052428/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/dztoc.html |date=January 15, 2013 }}. [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (December 1993). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref> Libyan support for the [[Polisario]] in the [[Western Sahara]] facilitated early post independence Algerian relations with Libya.<ref name=cs/> Libyan inclinations for full-scale political union, however, have obstructed formal political collaboration because [[Algeria]] has consistently backed away from such cooperation with its unpredictable neighbour.<ref name=cs/> (A vote by the CCN (Algeria) on June 30, 1987, actually supported union between [[Libya]] and [[Algeria]], but the proposal was later retracted by the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] Central Committee after the heads of state failed to agree.<ref name=cs/>) The Treaty of Oujda between Libya and Morocco, which represented a response to Algeria's Treaty of Fraternity and Concord with [[Tunisia]], temporarily aggravated Algerian-[[Libya]]n relations by establishing a political divide in the region--[[Libya]] and [[Morocco]] on one side; Algeria, Tunisia, and [[Mauritania]] on the other.<ref name=cs/> Finally, in 1988 Libya was invited to participate in the Inter-Maghrib commission that was responsible for developing the North African Union.<ref name=cs/> The establishment of the [[Arab Maghreb Union|UMA]] in February 1989 marked the first formal political or economic collaboration between the two neighbours.<ref name=cs/>
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] and a consulate in [[Sabha, Libya|Sabha]].
* Libya has an embassy in Algiers.
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|{{flag|Madagascar}}||15 June 1964||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 June 1964<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pr. Borsali Fewzi |title=Culture du dialogue : Algérie –Afrique sub-saharienne 1962-1988 |url=https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/downArticle/180/1/1/36079 |access-date=20 July 2023 |page=40 |language=fr}}</ref>
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Antananarivo]].
* Madagascar has an embassy in Algiers.
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|{{flag|Mali}}||22 July 1963||See [[Algeria–Mali relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 July 1963.<ref name="asjp.cerist.dz2"/>

* Algeria has an embassy in [[Bamako]] and a consulate in [[Gao]].
* Mali has an embassy in Algiers and a consulate in [[Tamanrasset]].
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|{{flag|Mauritania}}||1964||See [[Algeria–Mauritania relations]]

* Algeria has an embassy in [[Nouakchott]].
* Mauritania has an embassy in Algiers.
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|{{flag|Morocco}}||1 October 1962 ||See [[Algeria–Morocco relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2019 |title=PANORAMA DU MAROC DANS LE MONDE Les relations internationales du Royaume |url=https://www.ires.ma/iip/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RS-RI-Vers.-2019.pdf |access-date=3 October 2023 |page=43 |language=fr}}</ref>

Severed diplomatic relations 27 February 1976, restored 16 May 1988, cuts diplomatic relations 24 August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 August 2021 |title=Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with Morocco over 'hostile actions' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/24/algeria-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-morocco |access-date=3 October 2023 |website=ALJAZEERA}}</ref>

Algeria–Morocco relations have been dominated by the issue of self-determination for the [[Western Sahara]] since their independence.  The national integrity of this former colonial territory has caused a deep-seated antagonism and general mistrust between the two nations that has permeated all aspects of Moroccan-Algerian relations.  Algeria's interest in the region dates back to the 1960s and 1970s when it joined Morocco, Mauritania & [[Libya]] in efforts to remove the Spanish from the territory. After [[Spain]] announced its intention to abandon the province, then known as [[Spanish Sahara]], in 1975, the united front presented by the [[Maghreb]] nations quickly disintegrated, as a result of Morocco, and subsequently [[Mauritania]], staking claims to the territory. Algeria, although not asserting any territorial ambitions of its own, was averse to the absorption of the territory by any of its neighbors and called for self-determination for the [[Saharawi people]]. Before the Spanish evacuation, Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania agreed to divide the territory and transfer the major part to Morocco and the remaining southern portion to Mauritania. This agreement violated a [[United Nations]] (UN) resolution that declared all historical claims on the part of Mauritania or Morocco to be insufficient to justify territorial absorption and drew heavy Algerian criticism.<ref name="cs"/>
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Rabat]], a consulate-general in [[Casablanca]] and a consulate in [[Oujda]].
* Morocco has an embassy in Algiers and consulates-general in [[Oran]] and [[Sidi Bel Abbès]].
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|{{flag|Niger}}||12 March 1965||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 March 1965 when the government of Niger has agreed to the nomination of M. Ali Abdellaoui as Algeria's Ambassador in Niamey with residence in Abidjan<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Niamey]] and a consulate in [[Agadez]].
* Niger has an embassy in Algiers and a consulate in [[Tamanrasset]].
In August 2023, Algeria proposed a six-month civilian-led transition to resolve Niger's political crisis, diverging from potential military intervention discussed by [[Economic Community of West African States|ECOWAS]], emphasizing diplomacy and seeking UN involvement while hosting a conference on Sahel region development. Algeria also denied France's alleged request for military operations in Niger.<ref>{{Cite news |last= Chikhi |first=  Lamine |date=2023-08-29 |title= Algeria proposes transition to resolve Niger crisis |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/algeria-proposes-transition-resolve-niger-crisis-2023-08-29/ |access-date=2023-09-02}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}||6 March 1976||See [[Algeria–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations]]

Since 1976, Algeria has supported the [[Polisario Front]], a group claiming to represent the population of [[Western Sahara]], which is based among the 90,000 Sahrawi [[refugee]]s who reside in [[refugee camp]]s in Algeria. Contending that the [[Sahrawis]] have a right to self-determination under the [[UN Charter]], Algeria has provided the Polisario with material, financial, and political support and sanctuary in southwestern Algeria's [[Tindouf Province]]. UN involvement in the Western Sahara includes [[MINURSO]], a peacekeeping force, and [[UNHCR]], for [[refugee]] assistance and resettlement. Active diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute under the auspices of the Special Representative of the Secretary General are on-going. Although the land border between [[Morocco]] and Algeria was closed in the wake of a terrorist attack, the two have worked at improving relations.

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic has an embassy in Algiers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=سفارة الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية بالجزائر |url=https://www.amb-rasd.org/ |access-date= |website=www.amb-rasd.org |language=ar}}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||10 May 1994||See [[Algeria–South Africa relations]]
Both countries established full diplomatic relations on 10 May 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transition (1990 - 1994) - Chronologies: 1994 |url=https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/site/q/03lv02039/04lv02040/05lv02045.htm |access-date=10 June 2023 |website=omalley.nelsonmandela.org}}</ref>

* Algeria has an embassy in [[Pretoria]].
* South Africa has an embassy in Algiers.
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|{{flag|Sudan}}||22 December 1965||See [[Algeria–Sudan relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 December 1965.<ref name="ReferenceC"/>

* Algeria has an embassy in [[Khartoum]].
* Sudan has an embassy in Algiers.
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|{{flag|Tunisia}}||13 November 1962||See [[Algeria–Tunisia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 November 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHRONOLOGIE INTERNATIONALE: Etablissement des relations diplomatiques par l'Algérie |url=https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/downArticle/32/1/4/164767 |access-date=3 October 2023 |page=37 |language=fr}}</ref>

Smaller and in a more precarious position vis-à-vis [[Libya]], Tunisia has consistently made efforts to align with [[Algeria]].<ref name="cs" /> In the 1970s, Tunisia reversed its position on the [[Western Sahara]] so as not to antagonize Algerian authorities.<ref name=cs/> Tunisia was the first nation to sign the Treaty of Fraternity and Concord with Algeria, in 1983.<ref name=cs/> Throughout Algeria's independent history, it has joined in a number of economic ventures with Tunisia, including the transnational pipeline running from Algeria through Tunisia to Italy.<ref name=cs/> In 1987 the departure from power in Tunisia of President [[Habib Bourguiba]] and his replacement by the more diplomatic [[Zine el Abidine Ben Ali]] brought the two nations closer again.<ref name=cs/>
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Tunis]] and consulates in [[El Kef]] and [[Gafsa]].
* Tunisia has an embassy in Algiers, a consulate-general in [[Annaba]] and a consulate in [[Tébessa]].
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