Algerian lawmakers have condemned the European Parliament for a resolution criticizing the arrest of French-Algerian novelist ...

Algerian lawmakers accused the European Parliament of political inference. They have also cast doubt on whether their ...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot admitted the absence of any communication with the Algerian side, even at the level ...

The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the release of writer Boualem Sansal, who has been imprisoned in Algeria since November, along with other critics of the Algerian ...

French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, a major figure in modern francophone ... French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said he had "doubts" over Algeria's commitment to a roadmap set out ...

Algeria’s military-backed regime was shaken ... The arrest of the Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal at Algiers airport in mid-November was interpreted as retribution for French recognition ...

The two countries are also at loggerheads over the fate of Boualem Sansal, a 75-year-old French-Algerian writer and outspoken critic of the Algerian regime, who was detained after stepping off a plane ...

AURELIEN MORISSARD / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, January 6, that Algeria was "dishonoring itself" by holding French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, who was arrested in ...

Read more Subscribers only Writer Boualem Sansal held in Algeria on charges of 'undermining integrity of national territory' His arrest on November 16, at the airport in Algiers, and his detention ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Algeria was "dishonouring itself" by holding French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, who was arrested in Algiers in November. Sansal ...

Born in Tissemsilt, Algeria, in 1949, Boualem Sansal was trained as an engineer and economist. He worked for the Algerian Ministry of Industry, where he enjoyed a stable and prosperous career.