France on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 12 Algerian diplomats and consular officials and recalled its ambassador in the ...

Algerian French writer Boualem Sansal, 75, has been sentenced to five years in an Algerian prison. He was arrested late last ...

Retailleau ultimately did not resign. The case of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal Arrested in Algeria in November 2024, Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was sentenced on March 27 to ...

The Algerian government obviously doesn't like that," he said. Since French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was arrested by Algerian authorities, bilateral ties between the countries have been ...

France said Tuesday it was expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same ...

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The diplomatic row followed months of worsening ties, fueled by disagreements over Western Sahara, the jailing of writer Boualem Sansal, and deportation disputes. The countries have blamed each ...

France's Prime Minister François Bayrou, center, speaks next to French essay writer Stephane Rozes, left, president of the support commitee Noelle Lenoir, 2nd left, secretary general of the support co ...

French-Algerian relations are also strained due to the arrest and recent conviction of the writer Boualem Sansal, who is an outspoken critic of Islamism and the Algerian regime. The Algerian ...

Ties soured further when Algeria arrested and jailed French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in November on national security charges. Sansal 80, is in poor health and his daughters on Tuesday ...

French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal was then arrested at Algiers airport in November and jailed last month for five years. Prosecutors said he had undermined national security for making ...