Nesrine Malik    Amid the US far right’s hijacking of Christianity and his very public row with Trump, Pope Leo XIV’s visit is symbolic of the growing centrality of...

Faye Hulton for MetDesk    Accumulations of up to 3cm deep reported as severe thunderstorms also bring heavy downpours to central ItalySevere thunderstorms have affected the...

Aamna Mohdin    Pontiff makes first papal visit to country as he starts 11-day tour that will also include stops in Cameroon and AngolaPope Leo XIV has arrived in...

Peter Bradshaw    François Ozon’s adaptation of the 1942 novella L’Etranger passionately honours the original text while bringing a contemporary perspective to its...

Written by Madeleine Schwartz and read by Kate Handford. Produced by Nicola Alexandrou. The executive producer was Ellie Bury    His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her...

Alexander Abnos    State department to expand program on 2 AprilAlgeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Tunisia, Cape Verde affectedNo apparent exceptions for athletes or...

Ammar Kalia    Tinariwen went from Saharan weddings to Grammy-winning acclaim - but violence has forced the desert blues masters into exile. Now, a new generation...

Paul-Louis Godier    Diagnosed with a rare and incurable condition, Nihal is estimated to be 4,000 times more likely to develop skin cancer than unaffected people....

Madeleine Schwartz    His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her...

AFP    France’s rule over Algeria from 1830 to 1962 is marked by mass killings and large-scale deportationAlgeria’s parliament has unanimously approved a...

Mark Essex    My mother, Glenys Thomas, who has died aged 87, devoted her life to helping others and challenging injustice in many forms. For more than 50 years...

Associated Press    Algerian foreign minister says African countries and peoples continue to pay a heavy price for colonialismAfrican leaders are pushing to have...

Kim Willsher    François Ozon’s handling of classic novel draws both praise and criticism, including from the author’s daughterMore than 80 years after it was...

Philip Oltermann European culture editor    Eighty-one year-old, who has prostate cancer, can now be transferred from Algeria to Germany for medical treatmentThe French-Algerian writer Boualem...

Associated Press    Move is strongest endorsement yet for retained rule over disputed territory, despite fierce opposition from AlgeriaThe UN security council has...

Peter Bradshaw    Powerful French film that inspired Casablanca stars Gabin as a holed-up gangster in Algiers lured to his doom by infatuationJulien Duvivier’s...

Okba Mohammad and Tom Levitt    An Algerian mother blames people smugglers and opportunists for the death of both her daughters. Now she cares for four grandchildren aloneEach...

AFP    Chronicle of the Years of Fire took the prize in 1975 for its portrayal of the Algerian war of independence, drawing on his own traumatic...

Kim Willsher and agencies in Paris    Move follows Algiers’ expulsion of diplomats, after France’s arrest of man linked to abduction of influencer Amir DZFrance has expelled 12 Algerian...

Kim Willsher in Paris    Move by Algiers follows arrest of Algerian consular official in Paris over alleged involvement in kidnap of influencerFrance is considering its...