The two football-loving nations are also political allies with a shared history.
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France’s ‘renewed partnership’ with Algeria may be less about exploring a difficult and painful past and more about pressing political concerns.
The Algerian regime has long understood how to mobilise the national football team’s victories for a political agenda.
Looking at his brilliant career is looking into Algeria’s relationship with its history and identity, but also questioning what it means to be exiled.
