L'Écho d'Alger

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]

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