From the pier built for a former quarantine island to the sculpture made from 1.3 tonnes of hotel bedlinen, the British-Algerian’s coin-operated show feels like it has sprung from The Floating City i…
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates historic Mass at rain‑soaked Basilica in Algiers ⊕
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Algeria hosted Pope Leo XIV on Monday 14 April for a Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers, marking the first papal visit to the country.
69 days ago
The Stranger review – lustrously beautiful and superbly realised modern take on the Camus classic ⊕
François Ozon’s adaptation of the 1942 novella L’Etranger passionately honours the original text while bringing a contemporary perspective to its themes of empire and race
A heatstricken reverie of vi…
75 days ago
Let’s get metaphysical! Existentialist cinema is back, if anyone cares ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The philosophy was embraced by film noir, the French New Wave and modern hitmen questioning life’s purpose. Now dust off your turtlenecks, for Sirāt and a new version of Albert Camus’ The Stranger lo…
5 months ago
Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a 'state crime' ⊖
French authorities slammed what they said was "a manifestly hostile initiative," in what represents a continuation of deteriorating relations between Paris and Algiers.
6 months ago
African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Algerian foreign minister says African countries and peoples continue to pay a heavy price for colonialism
African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognised, criminalised and addresse…
9 months ago
‘The biggest crisis since independence’: What next for France and Algeria? ○
As a diplomatic spat between Paris and Algiers continues to sour, Euronews dissects how things got so bad, and where they could go from here.
Pépé le Moko review – mysterious and passionately despairing French noir with a luminous Jean Gabin ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Powerful French film that inspired Casablanca stars Gabin as a holed-up gangster in Algiers lured to his doom by infatuation
Julien Duvivier’s mysterious and passionately despairing 1937 movie is rere…
13 months ago
More than 1,800 migrants expelled from Algeria into Niger, says rights group ○
The mass deportations come amid rising tensions between Algeria and its southern neighbours, all now led by military juntas that ousted elected governments previously aligned with Algiers.
France expels 12 Algerian officials as row over alleged kidnapping escalates ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Move follows Algiers’ expulsion of diplomats, after France’s arrest of man linked to abduction of influencer Amir DZ
France has expelled 12 Algerian consular and diplomatic officials and recalled its …