France says it's "very concerned" about the disappearance of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who has not been heard from since he was reportedly taken into police custody upon his arrival in Algeria on Saturday.

President Macron joins calls for information about Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, missing in Algiers.

Alarm grew in France on Friday over the fate of a prominent French-Algerian novelist detained in the country of his birth, with his publisher urging his

French author Boualem Sansal upon his arrival at Algiers International Airport from Paris. At 75 years old, Sansal was detained by the Algerian General Directorate of Internal Security and is expected to face a prosecutor soon.

The French political class rose in defence of the French Zionist writer of Algerian origin, Boualem Sansal, and the uprising even reached the French President, Emmanuel Macron, who confided to his close associates that he was upset about what was happening to Sansal,

After six days without contact, alarming news emerged this Thursday in France regarding French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, aged 75. Sansal, known for his criticism of the Algerian regime, has been reported missing since arriving at Algiers airport on Saturday,

Alarm grew in France on Friday over the fate of a prominent French-Algerian novelist detained in the country of his birth, with his publisher urging his immediate release and President