Sources: BBC
France expels twelve Algerian diplomatic officials from the country after Algeria expelled twelve French officials yesterday over the arrest of an Algerian consular official in a kidnapping case. France also recalls its ambassador from Algiers. 2025-04-15
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
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returns to Algeria following treatment in Germany for COVID-19 since November. 2020-12-29
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appoints former University of Algiers professor Abdelaziz Djerrad to be the new Prime Minister. 2019-12-28
Hundreds of thousands of Algerians again rally, this week in heavy rain and cold weather, against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika demanding his immediate resignation. Bouteflika is fighting for his political survival in the face of unrelenting protests and the desertion of long-time allies. 2019-03-22
Mauritania extradites former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, who was arrested in the capital Nouakchott in March after fleeing Libya during the civil war in 2011. The United States insist on a fair trial for the suspect, a "milestone in (Libya's) democratic transition". 2012-09-5
Sources from the Tunisian defence ministry claim that Gaddafi's wife and daughter have fled there. 2011-05-18
Xinhua reports that 35,860 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Libya in one of the largest overseas operations in Chinese military history. 2011-03-3
The South Korean Navy ship "Choi Young" arrives off the coast of Tripoli to evacuate South Korean citizens from Libya. 2011-03-2
Libyan exiles claim that the total death toll could be as high as 120 with reports that snipers have fired at funerals in Benghazi. 2011-02-19