The draft law, which seeks to criminalise France’s colonial rule in Algeria between 1830 and 1962, was introduced in the People’s National Assembly, Algeria’s lower house of parliament, on Saturday.

FILE - Algerian author Boualem Sansal, a members of the Jury, at the press conference speaks during the 62 edition of International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo ...

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 regional ...

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meets his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the sidelines of a G7 summit in Italy in June. — Ludovic MARIN Relations between France and Algeria have hit ...

Legislators in Algeria voted to declare France’s colonization of the North African country a crime, approving a law that calls for restitution of property taken by France during its 130-year rule, ...

An Algerian court upheld a verdict against French-Algerian writer and critic Boualem Sansal on Tuesday, sentencing him to five years in prison and a fine of 500,000 Algerian dinars (approximately ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria ’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune granted a humanitarian pardon to the French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal Wednesday, releasing him after a yearlong imprisonment ...