By Ephrat Livni An Algerian French writer whose arrest in Algeria on accusations of undermining national unity and security inflamed tensions with France was sentenced to five years in prison on ...

Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on charges of “undermining national unity”. A court in Dar El Beida, near Algiers, sentenced the author on ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — 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 ...

FILE - Algerian author Boualem Sansal speaks during the 62 edition of International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) DJ ...

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who has been ensnared in an unprecedented diplomatic crisis between Algiers and Paris, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for undermining ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron is urging Algeria to free an 80-year-old writer who was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison, following accusations he had undermined Algeria's ...

The verdict in a legal case that has been stirring up diplomatic tensions between Algeria and France for several months was delivered in a brief statement read out on the morning of Thursday ...

JOHANNESBURG - - Algeria, Egypt and Morocco all moved closer to World Cup qualification with home success on Tuesday but South Africa face being docked points after fielding an ineligible player.

Mohamed Salah captained Egypt to victory over Sierra Leone in Cairo Algeria, Egypt and Morocco all strengthened their bids to reach the 2026 Fifa World Cup but Sudan's unlikely challenge for a ...

PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - France regrets the 5-year jail sentence handed to French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal in Algeria and is calling for "a quick and dignified end to the situation", a ...