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 (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 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]
