Algeria and its former colonial power France are stepping up diplomatic pressure after the kidnapping of an Algerian ...

COLUMN. A French radio journalist has faced consequences for comparing the French military conquest of Algeria to a Nazi ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. After a brief respite, the rift between Paris and Algiers was once again reignited by the expulsion of 12 ...

Tensions flared between France and Algeria on Monday after the former French colony ordered 12 French officials to leave in 48 hours. Algeria's foreign ministry said it had declared the 12 persona ...

Algeria has ordered 12 French embassy officials to leave the country within 48 hours, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Monday. The move appears to be a response to the arrest of ...

Diplomatic tensions between the two countries frequently resurface, largely due to the historical impact of French colonial rule over Algeria.

Algeria summoned ... security charges after he told a French far-right media outlet that Morocco's territory was truncated in favour of Algeria during French colonial rule. Sansal has since ...

Algeria has asked 12 French officials to leave in 48 hours ... at a delicate time in relations between Algeria and its former colonial power, with Algiers claiming the move was aimed at scuppering ...

after he told a French far-right media outlet that Morocco's territory was truncated in favour of Algeria during French colonial rule. In March, an Algerian court sentenced him to five years in jail.

"Even more, it happened more than 60 years after its withdrawal from Algeria," he added. There had been many deaths on the French side during the colonial period, as well, especially during the ...