NEMA, IOM facilitate return of 104 Nigerians from Algeria

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the arrival of 104 Nigerians repatriated from Algeria as part of the Assisted Voluntary Returns initiative facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in...

Outcry after Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years in jail

French journalists' unions on Tuesday called on Algeria to release a French football writer who has been jailed for seven years for supporting terrorism. Christophe Gleizes, who is 36, was sentenced on Sunday, after being found guilty of holding...

French clemency plea after writer's five-year jail term in Algeria upheld

France on Tuesday urged Algeria to show clemency after an Algerian court upheld a five-year prison sentence imposed on writer Boualem Sansal. The conviction and sentencing of Mr Sansal, 80, a Franco-Algerian, who is known to be suffering from...

IMF mission completes Article IV consultation with Algeria

01 july 2025 - 12:19:31 MA/AR 347 Views Panafrican News Agency Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Strengthened policy frameworks, along with reforms to enhance fiscal resilience, diversify the economy, and promote private investment, are critical to...

Algeria–U.S. energy ties grow amid Western Sahara tensions

This renewed engagement comes as part of Algeria’s broader push to assert economic diplomacy in the face of growing international pressure surrounding the long-standing territorial issue. On June 24, the Secretary-General of Algeria’s Ministry of...

Franco-Algerian Tensions : French MP’s Visit Sparks Controversy

The recent visit of French MP Sébastien Delogu to Algeria, from June 26 to 30, 2025, continues to stir a major political storm in France. At the heart of the controversy: critical remarks abroad The uproar stems from a series of critical comments...

Algeria–France Tensions Escalate After French Navy Detains Algerian-Leased Ferry

Home/News/Algeria–France Tensions Escalate After French Navy Detains Algerian-Leased Ferry News Watan-Algerian–French relations have entered a new phase of tension following France’s detention of the ferry El Venizelos, which Algeria had leased to...

Algeria: French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes sentenced to seven years in prison after over a year under a judicial control order

Co-author of the book Magique Système: L’Esclavage Moderne des Footballeurs Africains (Magical System: The Modern Slavery of African Footballers), which was written with Barthélémy Gaillard and published in 2018, Christophe Gleizes is a devoted...

Mrs.Mansouri receives the ambassadors of Somalia and Guinea in Algeria

French sportswriter sentenced to prison for ‘glorifying terrorism’ in Algeria

A French journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer official accused of ties to a banned separatist movement, in a case rights groups say criminalizes routine reporting. Christophe Gleizes, a...

Ship detention in Algiers delays passengers

4th session of the Algerian-Italian strategic dialogue to be held in Algiers

Algeria court upholds writer Sansal's five-year jail term

An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against dual-national author Boualam Sansal, whose case has strained ties with France. Sansal, 80, was first sentenced to five years behind bars on March 27 on charges related to...

#FreeGleizes: RSF mobilises to secure release of French sports journalist wrongly imprisoned in Algeria

Christophe Gleizes travelled to Algeria in May 2024 to report on the golden era of the local football club, Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (JSK), during the 1980s. He had also planned to cover the commemorations marking the tenth anniversary of the...

Death toll from Algeria stadium collapse rises to four

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Death toll from Algeria stadium fall rises to four

The number of spectators killed after falling from an upper stand of a stadium following MC Alger's victory in the Algerian top-flight league has risen to four, the champions said on Monday. The fourth fan has died in hospital, where he was being...

Sahrawi media succeed in breaking Moroccan blockade

Algiers, 4 July 2025 (SPS) – Sahrawi media have managed to break the blockade imposed by the Moroccan occupation on the occupied part of Western Sahara, despite all the maneuvers of the Makhzen regime. This breakthrough comes amid growing...

Press freedom groups and French government condemn 7-year prison sentence handed to French football journalist in Algeria

10French football journalist Christophe Gleizes, a contributor to So Foot and Society, was sentenced on Sunday to seven years in prison by a court in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. The decision has sparked strong condemnation from the French government, as...

Death toll from Algeria stadium fall rises

Published : 30 Jun 2025, 11:19 PM Updated : 30 Jun 2025, 11:19 PM The number of spectators killed after falling from an upper stand of a stadium following MC Alger's victory in the Algerian top-flight league has risen to four, the champions said...

French sportswriter sentenced to 7 years for ‘glorifying terrorism’ in Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A French journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer official accused of ties to a banned separatist movement, in a case rights groups say criminalizes routine...