FILE - The Krechba gas plant in Algeria's Sahara Desert, about 1,200 kilometers (720 miles) south of the capital, Algiers, on Dec. 14, 2008. French President Emmanuel Macron is heading to Algeria for a three-day official visit aimed at addressing two major challenges: boosting future economic relations while seeking at the same time a difficult reconciliation of memories, 60 years after the North African country won its independence from France. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou, File)