French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence, sources close to the author said on ...

The conviction of Boualem Sansal, an outspoken French and Algerian writer, has worsened tensions between the countries.

France’s prime minister called on Algeria to pardon an imprisoned dissident writer on Tuesday after an Algerian court upheld his five-year prison sentence.. What happened: On Tuesday, an Algerian ...

Relations became strained last year when France recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara, where Algeria backs the pro-independence Polisario Front.

The 80-year-old dual citizen was arrested the following month and later lambasted by the president in a speech to Algeria’s parliament. The case has unfolded at a historic low point in Algeria's ...

A French journalist is facing seven years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer official accused of ties to a banned separatist movement, in a case rights groups say criminalizes ...

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence to Algeria's Supreme Court. The ...

Riccardo Fabiani, north Africa director at the International Crisis Group, said the decision in June was “pretty bad” for ...

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France said Wednesday it will expel Algerian diplomats in response to Algeria’s decision to do the same, escalating a diplomatic standoff.. The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs said in a ...

Continued deterioration in Algeria-France relations could threaten energy contracts, pipeline projects, and the broader effort to reduce Europe’s dependence on hostile actors.

“Relations between Algeria and France can be good or bad, but in no case can they be banal,” the former Algerian President Houari Boumédiène once observed.