News: Algeria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Algeria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Algeria – overview

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• December 29th 2020 – April 3rd 2019
• April 3rd 2019 – September 12th 2018
• July 13th 2018 – July 10th 2016
• June 19th 2016 – April 8th 2015
• February 26th 2015 – September 25th 2014
• September 24th 2014 – March 22nd 2014
• February 22nd 2014 – May 28th 2013
• May 27th 2013 – January 21st 2013
• January 21st 2013 – January 18th 2013
• January 17th 2013 – July 28th 2012
• July 18th 2012 – October 23rd 2011
• October 2nd 2011 – February 12th 2011
• February 12th 2011 – June 19th 2010
• June 18th 2010 – January 28th 2010
• January 28th 2010 – November 13th 2009
• November 13th 2009 – February 23rd 2009
• February 21st 2009 – June 9th 2008
• June 6th 2008 – September 21st 2007
• September 14th 2007 – February 13th 2007
• January 30th 2007 – March 18th 2006
• March 4th 2006 – November 17th 2005

Algeria: news

Number of migrants 'abandoned by Algeria' in Sahara drops

Friday, July 13th 2018, 16:20

The country has been accused of abandoning people in the desert at its southern borders.
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Algerian police sacking amid cocaine row

Wednesday, June 27th 2018, 11:34

No reason has been given for the dismissal but it comes amid a drug scandal rocking the establishment.
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Algerian woman denied French citizenship over handshake

Friday, April 20th 2018, 12:28
related countries: France

An Algerian woman is denied citizenship for refusing to shake the hand of an official.
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Algeria military plane crash: 257 dead near Algiers

Wednesday, April 11th 2018, 21:09
related places: Algiers

Soldiers and their families perish in the deadliest plane crash in years, near the country's capital.
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Algeria's Said Chitour - spy or journalist?

Thursday, October 19th 2017, 0:09

The family of an Algerian journalist arrested on espionage charges is desperately trying to secure his release.
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Paris attack: 'Algerian-born' suspect in Lille hospital

Thursday, August 10th 2017, 11:12
related countries: France
related places: Lille

The man described as Algerian was shot by French police in a car chase after an attack on soldiers.
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Algerian student: 'University censored my political thesis'

Tuesday, July 4th 2017, 11:39

A PhD student says her degree is being withheld because of the political content of her thesis.
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Man jailed for dangling baby from window in Algeria

Tuesday, June 20th 2017, 16:56

He held the child out of a window in a high-rise building to attract "likes" on Facebook.
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Paris attack: Notre-Dame assailant identified

Wednesday, June 7th 2017, 14:58
related countries: France
related places: Notre-Dame

Farid Ikken, 40, an Algerian journalist and PhD student, is named as the man who attacked a policeman.
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Votes counted in Algeria parliamentary elections

Thursday, May 4th 2017, 22:42

The ruling National Liberation Front is widely expected to retain its majority in parliament.
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Two German-born terror suspects to be deported

Wednesday, March 22nd 2017, 1:31
related countries: Germany, Nigeria

The men of Algerian and Nigerian descent were detained on suspicion of planning a terror attack.
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Nabila Ramdani: 'Marine Le Pen won't do a Donald'

Thursday, February 9th 2017, 17:04
related countries: France
related places: Here

Viewsnight is BBC Newsnight's new place for ideas and opinion. Here, French-Algerian journalist Nabila Ramdani argues Marine Le Pen will not win in France.
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Western Sahara: Forty years in a refugee camp

Tuesday, January 24th 2017, 12:22
related countries: Western Sahara

Thousands of Sahrawis, natives of Western Sahara, have been living in refugee camps in Algeria for some 40 years. As the political deadlock continues, they face a cut in aid.
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Poaching footballers

Saturday, January 7th 2017, 1:27

The story of a couple on a secret mission to recruit footballers at the height of Algeria's fight for independence.
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Mahrez wins African footballer award

Monday, December 12th 2016, 17:47

Algeria and Leicester midfielder Riyad Mahrez is crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016.
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Massive sinkhole in Algerian road

Saturday, November 19th 2016, 22:18
related places: Algiers

A sinkhole opened in a road in the Algerian capital Algiers on Friday night, injuring 11 motorists.
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Migrants climb on Spain detention centre

Wednesday, October 19th 2016, 10:26
related countries: Spain

Dozens of migrants, mainly from Algeria, break furniture and climb on the roof of a Spanish detention centre to stage a protest about living conditions.
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Rio Paralympics: Algeria goalball team absence investigated

Sunday, September 11th 2016, 1:29
related countries: Israel

The International Paralympic Committee investigates why Algeria's women's goalball team failed to arrive in Rio for its match against Israel.
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'Dear Mr Terrorist': Vlogger from Nice Maroua Bekkouche speaks out

Thursday, July 21st 2016, 17:35
related countries: France
related places: Nice

French-Algerian beauty blogger goes viral with video message to the perpetrator of the Nice attack.
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Tragedy and triumph

Sunday, July 10th 2016, 23:09
related countries: Canada

How Daniele Henkel escaped Algeria before the start of its civil war, and started a health and beauty business in Canada that made her a multi-millionaire.
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