Sources: BBC
A Russian missile strike on a cargo ship carrying a shipment of grain to Algeria at the Port of Odesa, kills four crew members and severely damages the vessel. 2025-03-11
Kaylia Nemour wins the gold medal in the Women's uneven bars, the first gold medal in gymnastics for Algeria. 2024-08-4
At least 34 people are killed and 12 others are injured when a bus collides with a car in Tamanrasset Province, Algeria. 2023-07-19
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
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
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
Algeria partially reopens its borders for international flights for the first time in 14 months. Travellers who arrive in Algiers must present a negative PCR test from within the past 36 hours before boarding and must also undergo a five-day quarantine in a hotel requisitioned by the government. 2021-06-1
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
Algerian interim president Abdelkader Bensalah appoints a six-member panel to set a presidential election date. The previous date of July 4 was cancelled due to lack of candidates amid mass protests. 2019-07-25
Two Tunisian soldiers are killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb while hunting Al-Qaeda militants in a mountainous region near the Algerian border. 2013-06-6