Sansal was arrested in November 2024 at Algiers airport. French President Macron has called on Algeria to release the writer. French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years ...

His works remain available in Algeria despite his criticism of the government and of Islamists. French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed the accusations against the author as "not serious ...

Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on charges of “undermining national unity”. A court in Dar El Beida, near Algiers, sentenced the author on ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Thursday sentenced an award-winning French-Algerian writer to five years in prison over remarks that questioned the borders dividing Algeria from ...

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who has been ensnared in an unprecedented diplomatic crisis between Algiers and Paris, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for undermining ...

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Algeria has asked 12 French embassy staff to leave the country within 48 hours, France's foreign minister has said. Jean-Noël Barrot added that it was linked to the indictment of three Algerians ...

PARIS (AP) — Algeria on Monday announced the expulsion of 12 French officials, shattering recent hopes of a diplomatic thaw and plunging relations between the two nations to a new low.

Algeria earlier this week expelled 12 French officials after one of its consular staff was arrested over the kidnapping of a government critic living in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron's office ...

Algeria has ordered a dozen French officials to leave the country within 48 hours, increasing diplomatic tension between the two countries. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot asserted on ...