French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years in prison | Courts News

Algeria’s jailing of writer for remarks on border with regional rival Morocco inflames tensions with France.

Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on charges of “undermining national unity”.

A court in Dar El Beida, near Algiers, sentenced the author on Thursday under “anti-terrorism” laws after he gave an interview to far-right French media outlet Frontieres, in which he questioned the borders dividing Algeria from regional rival…