French journalists' unions on Tuesday called on Algeria to release a French football writer who has been jailed for seven years for supporting terrorism. Christophe Gleizes, who is 36, was sentenced ...

An Algerian court upheld on Tuesday a five-year prison sentence being served by French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal for ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...