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Two Moroccan-French tourists are shot dead and another is injured by the Algerian National Navy after being lost on a jet ski near Saïdia and accidentally crossing the border into Algerian waters.
2023-09-1

A court in Algeria sentences 49 people to death for the lynching of a 38-year-old man during last year's wildfires, after the man turned himself to police on suspicion of arson.
2022-11-24

Twenty-six people are killed by wildfires in Algeria, mostly in the city of El Taref.
2022-08-17

Algeria suspends a 20-year friendship treaty with Spain, and bans all imports from Spain, amid a disagreement over the Spanish government's position on the disputed Western Sahara.
2022-06-8

Police in Algeria arrest 27 members of the separatist group MAK, which has been blamed for two recent attacks in northern towns. The group is known for seeking independence for the Berber-speaking region of Kabylie. Algeria cited Morocco's support for the group as a reason for suspending diplomatic relations last week.
2021-09-6

The death toll from the wildfires in northern Algeria increases to 65, as the country battles a total of 69 fires for the fourth consecutive day. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune declares three days of national mourning for the wildfire victims.
2021-08-11

Algeria reports a record 1,133 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 77,000 cases.
2020-11-24

An Algerian official reports that a group of hostages has escaped from the natural gas complex that was taken over by Islamist militants. It is reported as many as 20 escaped, including Americans.
2013-01-17

At least two people are killed and 43 injured after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Northern Algeria.
2010-05-15