Sources: BBC
Mali recalls its ambassador in Algeria after accusing it of interference in its internal affairs by meeting rebel leaders, deepening diplomatic tensions over efforts to end the separatist and Islamist insurgencies in northern Mali. 2023-12-22
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
Saïd Bouteflika, the brother and special advisor of former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, is cleared of conspiracy charges following a retrial. Saïd Bouteflika had been sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2019 for "undermining the authority of the armed forces" and "conspiring against the authority of the state" following his brother's resignation in the context of the 2019–20 Algerian protests. 2021-01-2
Algeria begins to reopen their mosques, beaches, cafes, and parks five months after their lockdown. 2020-08-15
The Chief of Staff of the People's National Army of Algeria, Ahmed Gaid Salah, dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. Saïd Chengriha is appointed to the post "ad interim". 2019-12-23
German police arrest two Algerian men suspected of having links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and planning terror attacks in the country. One of the men detained, reported to be aged 35, had been living in a refugee shelter in the town of Attendorn, east of Cologne. Police say "investigations show that he has been trained militarily in Syria". 2016-02-4
A Ukrainian Antonov An-12 aircraft with seven people on board crashes in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. 2014-08-30
AQIM militants kill eleven soldiers in Tizi Ouzou region of Algeria east of capital Algiers in one the deadliest attacks on the Algerian military in several years. [http:--www.baiatdecartier.ro (BDC)]date=April 20142014-04-20
Chadian soldiers kill Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an al-Qaeda commander in Africa responsible for a mass hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant. 2013-03-2
Youths in Algeria riot for a second night in unrest over social and political grievances. 2011-01-7