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 ...

France has ordered the expulsion of 12 Algerian diplomatic and consular staff, in a sharp escalation of tensions with its former colony. The move follows Algeria’s decision to expel 12 French ...

Tensions flared between France and Algeria on Monday after the former French colony ordered 12 French officials to leave in ...

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France says it is expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials, a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same number ...

Gabriel Attal, head of Emmanuel Macron's centrist Renaissance party, at a rally in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, on April 6 2025. TOM NICHOLSON / REUTERS Two years ahead of the 2027 ...

The detention by Algiers in November of 80-year-old Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal also worsened the relationship. He has since been sentenced to five years in prison. Barrot said he hoped ...

Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on charges of "undermining national unity." The sentence has worsened diplomatic relations between France and ...

The prosecutor's office in Dar El Beida near Algiers has appealed against a five-year jail sentence imposed on French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, the Algiers bar association told local media.

Rabat – Boualem Sansal has challenged his five-year prison sentence in Algeria, his lawyer in France, François Zimeray, confirmed to AFP on Wednesday. The 80-year-old French-Algerian writer ...

Macron "called for a gesture of mercy and humanity towards Mr Boualem Sansal, given the age and state of health of the writer," the Elysee statement said. According to his French publisher ...

Macron "called for a gesture of mercy and humanity towards Mr Boualem Sansal, given the age and state of health of the writer", the Élysee statement said. According to his French publisher ...