France expresses growing alarm over arrest of French-Algerian writer in Algiers
France expressed growing alarm Friday over the detention of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria. The 75-year-old novelist, a vocal
Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was rearrested just hours after being released from pretrial detention on charges of forging ballot signatures, his lawyer told AFP on Friday. Zammel, 43, is one of two candidates approved by the electoral authority, ISIE, to challenge President Kais Saied in the October 6 election. A court in Manouba ordered his release Thursday night after four days in custody, according to his lawyer, Abdessatar Messaoudi.
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