Sources: BBC
Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra indicates support for Syria to return to the Arab League after a decade-long suspension. 2022-07-26
Algeria bans French military planes from using its airspace, and recalls its ambassador to France for consultations after accusing French President Emmanuel Macron of an "inadmissible interference" in its internal affairs. 2021-10-3
Algeria closes gyms, cultural and leisure venues, beaches and used car markets, reimposes a curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., and bans all gatherings in 35 provinces, amid the rapid spread of the Delta variant. 2021-07-26
Citizens of Algeria head to the polls to decide over a proposed amendmend of the country's constitution. The proposal is supported by president Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the military as a reaction to widespread protests which resulted in the resignation of long-term president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. 2020-11-1
A military transport plane has crashed in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people. 2014-02-11
China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Algeria are elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council. 2013-11-13
The United States Department of State issues a travel warning to United States citizens for the country of Algeria in response to the In Aménas hostage crisis. 2013-01-20
Several members of the Gaddafi family are reported as having fled to Algeria. 2011-08-29
Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger launch a joint command centre in Tamanrasset to counter al-Qaeda, according to the Algerian defence ministry. 2010-04-21
The chief of Algeria's national police, Ali Tounsi, is fatally shot in his office in a retaliatory murder–suicide. 2010-02-25