L'Écho d'Alger

L'Echo d'Alger (French: The Echo of Algiers) was a daily newspaper in Algiers, Algeria, which was published between 1912 and 1961. Its subtitle was journal républicain du matin (French: Republican morning paper).[1] It was first a leftist publication, but from 1941 it supported the French rule in Algeria.

L'Écho d'Alger
Cover page dated 18 May 1916
TypeDaily newspaper
Founder(s)Étienne Baïlac
Founded16 March 1912
Political alignmentConservative
LanguageFrench
Ceased publication25 April 1961
HeadquartersAlgiers
CountryAlgeria

History and profile

The first issue of the paper appeared on 16 March 1912.[1][2] Its founder was Étienne Baïlac, a French journalist born in Algeria.[2] The paper came out daily with combined issues for Sunday and Monday.[3] It had a leftist political stance during its early period.[2]

In 1941 Alain de Sérigny became the editor and publisher of L'Echo d'Alger.[4] Under his editorship which lasted until 1961 the paper had a conservative political stance[5] and supported the rights of the European settlers in Algeria against the French President Charles de Gaulle's support for the self-determination of the country.[4] It was subject to censorship of the French authorities when it contained anti-De Gaulle articles.[6] During this period it had a circulation of 55,000 copies.[4]

On 8 February 1960 its publisher and editor, Alain de Sérigny, was arrested and imprisoned in the Barberousse detention centre.[5] He had been under house arrest since 3 February and was detained due to his alleged role in undermining the internal security of the country.[7] The final issue of the paper was published on 25 April 1961.[3]

References
  1. "L'Echo d'Alger: journal républicain du matin" (in French). BnF Gallica. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. "Titre de Presse. L'Écho d'Alger" (in French). RetroNews. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. "L'écho d'Alger". Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. "Alain de Serigny Dies; Was Algeria Publisher". The New York Times. Reuters. 18 May 1986. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. "The Month in Review. February 1960". Current History. 38 (224): 250. April 1960. JSTOR 45310434.
  6. Martin Evans (2018). "Towards an emotional history of settler decolonisation: De Gaulle, political masculinity and the end of French Algeria 1958–1962" (PDF). Settler Colonial Studies. 8 (2): 235. doi:10.1080/2201473X.2016.1273872. S2CID 157682838.
  7. "M. Alain de Sérigny est inculpé de complicité d'atteinte à la sûreté intérieure de l'État Une lettre du directeur de "l'Echo d'Alger"". Le Monde (in French). Algiers. 9 February 1960. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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