Macron urges ‘mercy’ for jailed writer Sansal in call with Algeria’s Tebboune

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday called for a « gesture of mercy and humanity » towards jailed French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The author was sentenced to five years in prison last week in a case that has damaged already-strained ties between France and its former colony.