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

French-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 ...

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 ...

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.

The global literary community has also reacted in horror. Two winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, France’s Annie Ernaux and Turkey’s Orhan Pamuk, have publicly called on Algeria to release ...

France's decision to ban the wildly popular Algerian product has made it a "political football", the focus of a "bitter" trade row and a "jumping-off point" for an "angry" discussion about ...

Algeria is in several ways a giant hiding in plain sight. In the band of fertile land that hugs its Mediterranean coast are historic cities like Constantine , Oran , and the capital Algiers.

French-Algerian woman given 48 hours to leave France in incomprehensible deportation order. A 58-year-old mother, who has been living in France since 1993 and holds dual nationality, ...