Sources: BBC
Two Algerian People's National Army personnel and four militants are killed during a gunfight in Messelmoun, Algeria. 2021-01-2
Algeria confirms its first case of the coronavirus. The patient is an Italian man who arrived in the country a week ago. 2020-02-25
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
2011 Libyan civil war: Rebels claim that a NATO airstrike has killed Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son Khamis but this is later denied. 2011-08-5
The United States Navy fires Tomahawk cruise missiles at Gaddafi's air defenses as Operation Odyssey Dawn gets underway. 2011-03-19
Oil prices rise to their highest level in 29 months as fighting in Libya intensifies. 2011-03-7
Colonel Gaddafi describes himself as a "symbolic leader" similar to Queen Elizabeth II and blames unrest on al Qaeda. 2011-02-24
A businessman calls for help from Benghazi, saying hospitals are overwhelmed and blood is running out. 2011-02-19
At least 10 anti-government protesters are killed by early morning bombs in Mogadishu; the dead include people from Afghanistan, Algeria, India and Pakistan. 2010-08-21