Liberte, a top Algerian newspaper printed its last issue on Thursday, three decades after it was established and a week after its owner, the country’s richest man, ssad Rebrab decided to liquidate it.
The French-language daily newspaper’s front page resembled an obituary, with a black band at the top and the title in red: “Thank you and goodbye.”
After 30 years of intellectual adventure, Liberte is finished,” the first page read.
“The curtain has fallen on Liberte, our newspaper, your newspaper, which for 30 years carried the ideals of democracy and freedom, and was the voice of Algeria moving forward.”
