Algeria
El Watan newspaper facing existential crisis

Journalists on strike, employed by the Algerian El-Watan newspaper, take part in a meeting at the headquarteres of the daily press publication, in Algiers, on 27 July 2022.
Journalists on strike, employed by the Algerian El-Watan newspaper, take part in a meeting at the headquarteres of the daily press publication, in Algiers, on 27 July 2022. © AFP
The battle between striking journalists and management at Algeria's leading French-language daily may well lead to the demise of the emblematic but cash-strapped publication. [...]
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