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France shames Algeria over Claims of Diplomatic Tension between Paris and Rabat
France flatly rejected on Saturday claims by the Algerian state-owned new agency APS that diplomatic tension between Paris and Rabat led to the postponement of French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault’s week-end visit to Morocco. “I categorically deny (the claims by APS;) this is not the case. This is a technical postponement that is in no […]
Algeria: Court releases journalist sentenced to one-year in jail
An Algerian court has ordered the release of a journalist one month into his one-year jail sentence over participation in an unauthorized demonstration. Noureddine Benissad, lawyer of Adlene Mellah who had been arrested in December and sentenced to one-year in prison, told the media that a court in the Algerian capital gave his client a […]



