Islam-Critical Writer Boualem Sansal Disappears During Trip to Algeria
The Franco-Algerian author was in the crosshairs of a government he has vocally criticised.
The Franco-Algerian author was in the crosshairs of a government he has vocally criticised.
His lawyer fears he will be persecuted if he returns to Algeria.
Diplomatic relations with Algeria quickly deteriorated into crisis, leading Algiers to withdraw its ambassador from Paris.
Several measures in the French immigration bill currently under discussion will not apply to Algerians, who have benefited from privileged status since 1968.
The move highlights Algeria’s geopolitical and economic reorientation toward Russia and China and away from the collective West.
The new Algeria-China partnership, along side Algeria’s growing military and economic relationship with Russia, feed into a regional conflict between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara.
Russia played on long-established trade ties with Algiers and the historic memory of the nation’s independence struggle against France as it entrenched military cooperation with Algeria last week.
Illegal crossings of the Mediterranean intensify, with human traffickers mainly departing from Morocco and Algeria.
Spain may be on a collision course with EU energy policy after a diplomatic conflict with Algeria forced increased reliance on Russian gas imports.
Algerian authorities shut down the country’s oldest human rights organisation and now they’ve arrested Raof Farah, a dual French-Algerian citizen.
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