An Algerian court upheld on Tuesday a five-year prison sentence being served by French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal for undermining national unity, Ennahar TV said, prompting a call for clemency by ...

The novelist’s case has united European lawmakers, who have demanded Sansal's release. His case has raised alarm over freedom ...

An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against dual-national author Boualam Sansal, whose case has ...

Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal is facing five years in prison in Algeria after he lost an appeal against his ...

A French journalist is facing seven years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer official accused of ties to a ...

It fell foul of the French last September, when two shipments of El Mordjene were stopped at French customs. Officials ...

France ruled Algeria for 132 years — from July 5, 1830, until Algeria declared independence on the same date in 1962. More than 1.5 million Algerians were killed during the brutal struggle for ...

The wildly popular Nutella competitor El Mordjene has been banned by the European Union, a move some see as politically motivated.

Algeria and France are currently experiencing their worst crisis since the former French colony won independence in 1962, said the author of a landmark report on France's legacy in the north ...

France colonised Algeria for 132 years, killing Algerian civilians and creating a class structure in which European settlers and their descendants were on top. The French refused to leave Algeria ...

France has recalled its ambassador to Algeria and ordered 12 Algerian diplomats to leave Paris as their diplomatic dispute escalated. The diplomatic row followed months of worsening ties, fueled ...

France has expelled 12 Algerian diplomatic officials in a “symmetrically” calibrated response. This came a day after Algeria expelled the same number of French officials following the arrest ...