ALGIERS, Algeria — A dispute over the fate of 60 Algerians that France hopes to deport has deepened a rupture between the countries that has approached a historic low over the past year.

A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld French-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 ...

The conviction of Boualem Sansal, an outspoken French and Algerian writer, has worsened tensions between the countries.

Relations between Algeria and its former coloniser, France, have rarely been straightforward. After hitting a low point in July when France supported Algeria’s regional rival Morocco over its ...

"Relations between France and Algeria can be good or bad, but in no case can they be banal," said former president Houari Boumediene (1965-1978) in 1974. This sentiment still holds true today.

France says it is expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials, a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same number of French officials in escalating tensions between the two countries.

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) ... French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal sentenced to prison in Algeria as France calls for his release. The Associated Press. March 27, 2025, 11:37 AM. Share This: ...

Algeria, as a sovereign nation, has never been among the parade’s invitees. It couldn’t be, as it was part of France itself from 1830 until it gained independence, in 1962, and severed ties ...

Algeria's army chief is on an official discreet visit to France for the first time in over six decades. The French president wants to make peace after France’s 132 year colonial history.

Algeria and France have long had delicate relations, marked by 132 years of French colonial rule and a brutal seven-year war that ended with Algerian independence in 1962.

President Emmanuel Macron and key members of the government will meet in the coming days to decide how to respond to what Paris deems as growing hostility from Algeria, France's foreign minister ...