Algiers

France says to Expel Algerian Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat Move

France will expel Algerian diplomats in response to plans by Algiers to send more French officials home, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Wednesday, as relations between the countries deteriorate. Relations between Algeria and France, the former colonial power in Africa's largest nation by land area, have been beset by a series of ...

Notable Absence of Kamel Daoud’s Novel at Algiers Book Fair

Visitors, authors, and publishers expressed disappointment at the absence of Houris, a novel by the Prix Goncourt-winning Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud, following the ban imposed on his publisher, Gallimard, from presenting their works at the fair.  For its 27th edition, running since Wednesday until November 16, the fair welcomes over a ...