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Algeria escalates war on memory with sentence against novelist Kamal Daoud

Algerian authorities have sentenced French Algerian writer Kamel Daoud to three years in prison in absentia and fined him €35,000, in a ruling critics say epitomizes the regime’s sustained effort to suppress debate about the country’s civil war. Daoud, who won the 2024 Prix Goncourt for his novel Houris, announced the verdict on his X […]

Deal of the Century: Arab League to Hold Emergency Meeting; UN Rejects US Deal

The Arab League Foreign Ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo Saturday at the request of the Palestinian Authority (PA).   The emergency meeting will discuss actions to take following the announcement of the US Peace Deal in the conflict with Israel, while the United Nations rejected US President Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the […]

Algeria arrests two journalists after critical report

Algeria arrested two journalists who reported about the discontent of an Algerian businesswoman at an event, in a new incident that shows the government’s zero tolerance towards dissent and press freedom. Sofiane Ghirous and Ferhat Omar of the news website “Algérie Scoop” were arrested for doing their job in zooming in on challenges facing women-led […]