One of the first acts of colonial exploitation occurred with the seizure of Algeria’s financial reserves. In 1832, shortly after the occupation of Algiers, French forces looted the treasury of the ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

Sansal was arrested in November 2024 at Algiers airport. French President Macron has called on Algeria to release the writer.

Algeria's Criminal Court of Dar El Beïda sentenced renowned 80-year-old French-Algerian writer and outspoken critic Boualem Sansal to five years in prison and fined him 500,000 Algerian dinars on ...

Emmanuel Macron couldn’t have been clearer about why he wants to boost defence spending: ‘We want to protect peace in Europe ...

The prosecution of Boualem Sansal, who is around 80, prompted outrage from the global literary community and pleas from ...

Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, 80, who was given five years in prison by an Algerian court. Numerous politicians denounced ...

French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal is facing five years in prison after a judge found him guilty of undermining national ...

Award-winning writer Boualem Sansal was sentenced to five years in Algerian prison over border comments deemed as a national security threat. This case has intensified tensions between Algeria and ...

An Algerian court sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in jail on Thursday for undermining national ...

French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal is facing five years in prison after a judge found him guilty of undermining national ...

An Algerian court sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal on Thursday to five years in jail for undermining national unity, drawing an expression of 'regret' from France, which called for a ...