Sources: BBC
The Algerian parliament unanimously passes a law classifying France's colonization of the country as a crime, criminalizing its glorification, and asserting France's legal responsibility to apologize and provide reparations. 2025-12-24
Morocco declares October 31, starting next year, to be a national holiday in celebration of Friday's UN resolution backing Morocco's plan of autonomy for Western Sahara in a 50-year dispute between the country and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. 2025-11-4
Three people are killed and 81 others are injured after a barrier collapsed in Stade du 5 Juillet in Algeria, in a match between MC Alger and NC Magra. 2025-06-21
Riots occur in Tiaret, Algeria, in opposition to water rationing as a government response to prolonged droughts. 2024-06-11
Algeria reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, first discovered in India, in people from the coastal province of Tipaza. 2021-05-3
Nigerien authorities discover the bodies of 34 migrants, mostly children, left behind in the Sahara desert by people smugglers who were taking them to Algeria and then to Europe. 2016-06-16
At least 14 Tunisian soldiers are reportedly killed following Islamist militant attacks at two checkpoints near the Algerian border with at least 20 others wounded, a group called the Okba Ben Nafaa Brigade has claimed responsibility. 2014-07-17
China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Algeria are elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council. 2013-11-13
Five people are killed and one is seriously wounded after an attack at a wedding party in Ghrab hamlet in Algeria's Tébessa Province. 2010-06-25
A Frenchman and his Algerian driver are kidnapped by armed men in Niger. 2010-04-23