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Algeria-related events during 2022
Events in the year 2022 in
Algeria .
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing –
COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
5 February –
2022 Algerian Council of the Nation elections
[1]
7 March –
French forces confirm reports that they killed
Algerian -born senior
al-Qaeda official Yahia Djouadi in a
drone strike in February.
[2]
12 April –
Algerian authorities accuse
Morocco of attacking an Algerian vehicle convoy on Sunday.
[3]
26 May – Italian
fossil fuel company
Eni signs an agreement with
Algerian
state-owned company
Sonatrach to both
explore up to 3 billion cubic meters of gas and launch a pilot
green hydrogen project in the Algerian desert. The agreement comes as
Italy looks to decrease its dependence on Russian gas in light of the conflict in Ukraine.
[4]
8 June –
Algeria suspends a 20-year
friendship treaty with
Spain , and bans all imports from Spain, amid a disagreement over the
Spanish government 's position on the disputed
Western Sahara .
[5]
26 July –
Algerian
Foreign Minister
Ramtane Lamamra indicates support for
Syria to return to the
Arab League after a decade-long suspension.
[6]
17 August – Twenty-six people are killed by
wildfires in
Algeria , mostly in the city of
El Taref .
[7]
18 August –
2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires : The death toll from
wildfires in
Algeria increases to 38 with 200 others suffering from burns and respiratory problems. Firefighters are still trying to contain 39 forest fires in the north of the country, according to officials.
[8]
13 October – Rival
Palestinian factions sign an agreement in
Algiers ,
Algeria , aimed at resolving over 15 years of discord. The agreement is signed by senior
Fatah leader
Azzam al-Ahmad ,
Hamas political chief
Ismael Haniyeh ,
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine general secretary Talal Naji, and leaders and representatives of 14 other factions, and calls for legislative and presidential elections to be held in
Palestine within one year.
7 November –
Algeria formally applies to join the
BRICS economic group.
[9]
14 November – Sixteen people are killed, and three others are injured after a road accident in
Bordj Badji Mokhtar .
[10]
24 November –
2021 Algeria wildfires : A court in
Algeria sentences 49 people
to death for the
lynching of a 38-year-old man during last year's
wildfires , after the man turned himself to police on suspicion of
arson .
[11]
Sports
Deaths
3 January –
Kamel Lemoui , 82, football player and manager.
5 January –
Mohamed Hilmi , 90, actor and director.
9 January –
Abdelkrim Kerroum , 85, footballer
15 January –
Michelle Grangaud , 80, Algerian-born French poet
[12]
2 February –
6 February –
Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud , 66, footballer
3 April –
Yamina Bachir , 68, film director
13 May –
Karim Djoudi , 63, politician
16 May –
Faouzi Mansouri , 66, footballer
20 May –
Ahmed Benaissa , 78, actor
10 June –
Billel Benhammouda , 24, footballer
17 June –
Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi , 54, politician
10 July –
Chantal Gallia , 65, Algerian-born French singer and humorist
12 July –
Zahia Mentouri , 74–75, physician and government official,
minister of health and social affairs
6 August –
Boudjemaa Talai , 70, politician,
MP (2017–2019) and transport minister (2015–2017).
16 August –
Bachir Yellès , 100, painter.
13 September –
Abderrahmane Mehdaoui , 72, footballer
3 November –
Sadek Hadjeres , 94, politician
20 November –
Djamel-Eddine Houhou , 88, diplomat and politician
29 November –
Mohamed Betchine , 88, military officer and politician
30 November –
Othman Saadi , 91–92, writer, diplomat, and politician
4 December –
Saïd Chibane , 97, doctor and politician
10 December –
Aziouz Raïs , 68,
chaabi singer.
See also
References