North African state’s president calls off France visit

Algeria’s head of state has accused Paris of colonial-era “genocide”

Algerian president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has ruled out an official visit to France amid a feud over the former colonial power's support for Morocco in a decades-long territorial dispute.

Over the weekend, Tebboune gave his first televised interview since being sworn in for a second five-year term after his election victory last month. When asked whether his long-awaited trip to Paris was still planned...