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Sports News | Family of French Journalist Sentenced in Algeria Pleads for Help from Soccer Great Zidane

Sports News | Family of French Journalist Sentenced in Algeria Pleads for Help from Soccer Great Zidane

Paris, Jul 4 (AP) The family of a French sports journalist who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria is calling for help from the sporting world and soccer great Zinedine Zidane. Christophe Gleizes, a 36-year-old freelance...

Family of French journalist sentenced in Algeria pleads for help from soccer great Zidane

Family of French journalist sentenced in Algeria pleads for help from soccer great Zidane

PARIS (AP) — The family of a French sports journalist who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria is calling for help from the sporting world and soccer great Zinédine Zidane. Christophe Gleizes, a 36-year-old freelance...

Mares aim to outfox Algeria

Mares aim to outfox Algeria

The Mares take on Les Fennecs at the Pere Jego Stadium in Morocco at 9pm (Botswana time). The team will aim for a positive start in a bid to enhance their chances of achieving their target of reaching the knockout rounds. The Mares are in Group B...

Algeria jails historian who questioned Amazigh culture

Algeria jails historian who questioned Amazigh culture

The Berber new year celebration, Yennayer, was added in 2017 to the list of national holidays [Getty] An Algerian court on Thursday sentenced historian Mohamed Amine Belghit to five years in prison for offending national symbols, his lawyer said,...

Algeria promotes an official narrative without independent oversight

Algeria promotes an official narrative without independent oversight

Freedom of the press and criticism of state institutions in Algeria are losing ground. Following a report issued by the Algerian Press Service (APS), which is heavily controlled by the national government, entitled ‘The Tebboune Era: The Return of...

5 dogs, 2 cats rescued after fire ignites at Algiers home

5 dogs, 2 cats rescued after fire ignites at Algiers home

The New Orleans Fire Department says it rescued five dogs and two cats from a burning house in Algiers.Fire officials say the flames ignited on Kings Canyon Drive around 6 p.m. Wednesday.The fire quickly spread to the attic, resulting in a partial...

Türkiye eyes flourishing ties with Algeria as deputy FM visits

Türkiye eyes flourishing ties with Algeria as deputy FM visits

Deputy Foreign Minister Burhanettin Duran paid a visit to Algeria, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Thursday, as the two Mediterranean countries look to bolster bilateral ties. Political and regional matters between the two countries were...

Accidental two-alarm fire damages home in Algiers, New Orleans Fire Department says

Accidental two-alarm fire damages home in Algiers, New Orleans Fire Department says

A two-alarm residential fire in the Tall Timbers - Brechtel neighborhood of Algiers Wednesday night was determined to have been accidentally caused by plumbing work, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. Nobody was at the home on the 30...

Algeria court jails France journalist as crackdown on press freedom expands

Algeria court jails France journalist as crackdown on press freedom expands

A court in Algeria has sentenced French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes to seven years in prison on charges of “glorifying terrorism” and “possessing propaganda publications harmful to the national interest,” the Committee to Protect...

Algeria appeals court upholds 5-year prison sentence for French-Algerian writer

Algeria appeals court upholds 5-year prison sentence for French-Algerian writer

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 $3,851). The Algiers Court of Appeal upheld the...

Algeria's Youcef Belaïli arrested at Paris Airport after in-flight dispute

Algeria's Youcef Belaïli arrested at Paris Airport after in-flight dispute

Algerian international Youcef Belaïli was briefly detained at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after an on-board incident involving his young son’s seatbelt reportedly led to a confrontation with airline staff. Local reports say Belaïli and his...

Algeria’s Youcef Belaïli Arrested in Paris After Mid-Flight Incident

Algeria’s Youcef Belaïli Arrested in Paris After Mid-Flight Incident

Algerian international Youcef Belaïli has once again found himself at the centre of controversy – this time mid-air. The 33-year-old forward was arrested on Wednesday, July 2, upon landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport following an...

Algeria arrests French journalist for ‘glorifying terrorism’

Algeria arrests French journalist for ‘glorifying terrorism’

After sentencing French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison, the same court handed down a new sentence of seven years to French sports journalist Christophe Glezies for alleged ‘glorification of terrorism.’ The journalist, who...

Algeria – Sentencing of Boualem Sansal on appeal (July 1, 2025)

Algeria – Sentencing of Boualem Sansal on appeal (July 1, 2025)

France regrets the upholding, on appeal, of the prison sentence handed down at first instance to our compatriot Boualem Sansal. This decision is both incomprehensible and unjustified. France calls on the Algerian authorities to make a gesture of...

NEMA Receives 104 Nigerians Repatriated From Algeria

NEMA Receives 104 Nigerians Repatriated From Algeria

The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the arrival of 104 Nigerian returnees from Algeria under the Assisted Voluntary Returns programme facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the...

Venezuela and Algeria Deepen Strategic Partnership with Fifth Joint Commission in Algiers

Venezuela and Algeria Deepen Strategic Partnership with Fifth Joint Commission in Algiers

Fifth Venezuela-Algeria joint commission advances strategic bilateral cooperation. Photo: MPPRE. July 2, 2025 Hour: 4:18 pm Venezuela and Algeria have taken a decisive step to reinforce their historic alliance, launching the Fifth Joint Commission...

Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years' imprisonment

Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years' imprisonment

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...

UAE-Israeli “Encirclement Map” Aims to Politically Isolate Algeria

UAE-Israeli “Encirclement Map” Aims to Politically Isolate Algeria

Watan-Informed sources revealed that a recent closed-door security meeting was held in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, bringing together Emirati and Israeli officials — including Mohammed bin Zayed and his brother Tahnoun bin Zayed, Israeli...

Algeria upholds prison sentence for French-Algerian writer Sansal

Algeria upholds prison sentence for French-Algerian writer Sansal

Author Boualem Sansal remains imprisoned after Algeria’s appeals court upheld his five-year sentence, igniting diplomatic tensions between Paris and Algiers. An Algerian appeals court has upheld a five-year prison sentence for French-Algerian...

Algeria court upholds Sansal jail term, France hopes for pardon

Algeria court upholds Sansal jail term, France hopes for pardon

Sansal has eight days to file a further appeal his jail sentence before Algeria's supreme court [Getty/file photo] An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against dual-national author Boualem Sansal, whose case has strained...

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