Sansal was arrested after he told a French media outlet that, during the colonial era, France gave too much land to Algeria ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron is urging Algeria to free an 80-year-old writer who was sentenced on Tuesday to five years ...

Interview: As political tensions escalate, Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algiers urges the church to foster fraternity and ...

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In a troubling turn of events, Boualem Sansal, an 80-year-old French-Algerian writer, has been sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly undermining Algeria's territorial integrity. This case ...

Boualem Sansal, 80, told a far-right news outlet that colonial France gave too much land to Algeria. Algeria, Egypt and Morocco remain on track to reach the 2026 World Cup but Sudan's unlikely bid ...

One of the first acts of colonial exploitation occurred with the seizure of Algeria’s financial reserves. In 1832, shortly after the occupation of Algiers, French forces looted the treasury of the ...

France and Algeria resume diplomatic dialogue on Sunday after months of bickering that have hurt Paris' economic interests in ...