Sources: BBC
Eleven people are killed and 19 more injured in a fire at a care facility in Algiers, Algeria. 2026-07-16
Four people are killed when a civil protection surveillance Safir-43 aircraft crashes during a training mission at Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport near Jijel, Algeria. 2025-08-5
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
An Algerian man in Antwerp, Belgium, dies after a police officer knelt on his back during an arrest outside a bar. The death was compared to that of George Floyd. 2020-07-19
A fire in the maternity ward of a hospital in El Oued, Algeria, kills eight newborn babies. 2019-09-24
Algeria's Chief of Staff of the People's National Army Ahmed Gaid Salah, the highest-ranked military official in the country, gives a televised address, calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign or be declared "unfit to serve" by the People's National Assembly. 2019-03-26
Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi makes his first official visit abroad to Algeria where security was top of the agenda. 2014-06-25
An Algerian official reports that a group of hostages has escaped from the natural gas complex that was taken over by Islamist militants. It is reported as many as 20 escaped, including Americans. 2013-01-17
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika promises political reform, as security forces prevent protests in the capital Algiers. 2011-03-19
The United States will reportedly "reconsider" Algeria's placement on its terror watch list, which requires Algerian citizens to undergo extra security screening. 2010-01-25