A court in Algeria has upheld Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal's five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria and pushed tensions with France to ...

Sansal has been detained in Algeria since November, spending time in hospital for ill-health, and French authorities as well as fellow writers have repeatedly called for his release. Ties between ...

Boualem Sansal, 81, was immediately taken to hospital on arrival in Germany Almost a year to the day since French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was arrested on arrival at Algiers airport, the ...

“I have always been in favour of reconciliation between France and Algeria,” Boualem Sansal said on France 2 pubic television Sunday night, suggesting that the two countries had “missed the boat” ...

PARIS — Thank you, Germany! Franco-Algerian relations are so fraught that it took the intervention of a third country to resolve the crisis that followed the arrest last year of writer Boualem Sansal.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday praised the release of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, calling it "the result of respect and calm." The move marks a turning point in the relations ...

The novelist’s case has united European lawmakers, who have demanded Sansal's release. His case has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria, and his supporters now hope military-backed ...

Almost a year to the day since French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was arrested on arrival at Algiers airport, the Algerian president has pardoned him and allowed him to leave the country. Sansal, ...