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
Seven people are killed and two others are injured by wildfires in Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria. 2021-08-9
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
Algeria reopens its embassy in Dhaka, after closing it in 1990. 2020-01-29
Voter turnout is predicted to be low as Algerians go to the polls to elect members of the People's National Assembly. 2017-05-4
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
Youths in Algeria riot for a second night in unrest over social and political grievances. 2011-01-7
A ship bound from Libya, the "Al-Amal", due to deliver humanitarian aid from Algeria, Morocco and Nigeria to the Gaza Strip, changes course for Egypt after being warned to stay away by the Israeli Navy and receiving pressure from the United States to "act responsibly". 2010-07-13
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
Algerian US ambassador Abdellah Baali and Nigerian Information Minister Dora Akunyili are upset at the decision of the United States to subject Algerians and Nigerians to tougher-than-usual security tests at airports, saying it is "discrimination" and "risks ties". Both have officially complained. 2010-01-6