Recently deprogrammed by France Télévisions, “Algérie, sections armes spéciales” sheds light on the chemical warfare conducted by the French army against the civilian population. By giving a voice to ...

An Algerian court sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on Thursday under anti-terrorism laws. Sansal, a critic of the Algerian government, was arrested at Algiers ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

A court in Algeria on Thursday sentenced an award-winning French-Algerian writer to five years in prison over remarks that questioned the borders dividing Algeria from regional rival Morocco, which ...

During his detention the French-Algerian author has spent time in hospital for ill-health. His case has sparked a wave of ...

An Algerian court on Thursday sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, whose case has been at the heart of a diplomatic storm, to five years behind bars, an AFP journalist inside the courtroom ...

The brutality of French colonialism is still subject to colonial revisionism. Refusing to acknowledge it implies that any reference to France’s crimes in Algeria would be an insult ‘to the French ...

With economic difficulties and political dissatisfaction mounting in Algeria, officials have strongly pushed back against what they see as France’s colonial mindset. Algerian officials have emphasised ...