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Events from 2021 in Algeria.

Incumbents

  • President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune
  • Prime Minister: Abdelaziz Djerad (until 30 June); Aymen Benabderrahmane onwards

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria

January

  • January 1
    • President Abdelmadjid Tebboune signs the new constitution, approved in November 2020. He also said he hopes to soon start applying the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19.[1]
    • Twenty people are killed and 11 injured when a vehicle overturns near Ain Amguel, Tamanrasset Province. Nineteen people, including children, are African nationals, and Tamanrasset, is regarded as a transit point for migrants seeking to go to Europe.[2]
  • January 2 – Three top officials, including the younger brother of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Saïd, are acquitted after a September 2019 arrest.[3]
  • January 14 – A homemade bomb kills five civilians in Tebessa Province. An armed rebel is killed in Khenchela Province. It is not known if the incidents are related.[4]
  • January 20 – French President Emmanuel Macron refuses to apologize for colonialism or the Algerian War.[5]
  • January (date unknown) – Reuters reports fighting between militants and government troops in Aïn Defla Province.[6]

February

  • February 8 – Cherif Belmihoub, a minister in charge of economic projections, warns that Algeria′s energy exports are falling and the country may cease to be an exporter of crude within a decade.[7]
  • February 12 – President Tebboune, 74, returns from Germany after a second bout with COVID-19.[8]
  • February 18 – Tebboune says he will dissolve Parliament and free political prisoners.[9]
  • February 19 – Journalist Khaled Drareni and thirty other activists are released from prison in Koléa, Tipaza Province on the second anniversary of the Hirak Movement.[10]
  • February 26 – Protesters take to the streets of Algiers and other cities in a renewal of the Friday Hirak movement protests, suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

March

  • March 5 – Thousands of protesters march on the second Friday in a row.[12]

August

  • 10 August - Death toll rises to 42, including 25 soldiers, after massive wildfires spread throughout 18 wilayas in Algeria, particularly in Kabylia.[13]
  • 11 August - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune declares 3 days of national mourning as death toll soars to 65 following massive forest fires in Kabylie.[14]
  • 12 August - At least 22 suspected arsonists are arrested by authorities following the fires in Kabylie.[15]

Scheduled events

Culture

Sports

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "Algeria's Tebboune signs new constitution into law". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. AFP. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Many killed in southern Algeria road accident". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. AFP. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Algerian ex-president's brother cleared of conspiracy". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Five civilians killed in Algeria roadside bomb blast". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Macron rules out official apology for colonial abuses in Algeria". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  6. ^ Chikhi, Lamine (February 2, 2021). "In Algerian mountains, army operation shows persistent militant threat". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  7. ^ Ratcliffe, Verity; Karam, Souhail; El Wardany, Salma (February 8, 2021). "Algeria's oil and gas exports plummet". aljazeera.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  8. ^ "Algerian president returns home after virus-linked operation". AP NEWS. 12 February 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  9. ^ "Algerian president dissolves parliament, frees prisoners". AP NEWS. 18 February 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "Algeria frees imprisoned journalist, pro-democracy activists". AP NEWS. 19 February 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  11. ^ "Algeria pro-democracy marchers try to revive Friday protests". yahoo.com. AP. February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  12. ^ "Algerians protest for second Friday in revival of 2019 movement". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  13. ^ "Algeria wildfire death toll rises as 25 soldiers killed". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Algeria forest fires: At least 65 people killed as fires spread". BBC News. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Algeria leader calls wildfires 'disaster', says 22 arsonists arrested". Reuters. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Algerian president sets early election date after protests". AP NEWS. 11 March 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  17. ^ و فاة الصحفي ، الكاتب والروائي ، مرزاق بقطاش Archived 2021-01-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
  18. ^ Jean-Pierre Bacri est mort (in French)
  19. ^ Abdelmadjid Guemguem, alias Guem, est décédé (in French)
  20. ^ سبب وفاة الفنانة الجزائرية ريم غزالي - فيديو (in Arabic)
  21. ^ Décès de l'ancien ministre des PME Réda Hamiani (in French)
  22. ^ "Yacef Saâdi est mort : un grand nom de le révolution s'éteint". Algerie360. 10 September 2021.
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