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Events from 2020 in Algeria.

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Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria

January

  • January 28 – The Human Rights Watch denounces the arrests of dozens of peaceful dissidents that have occurred since the presidential election in 2019.[1]
  • January 30 – Defense forces announce the arrest of a man planning a suicide attack against peaceful protesters.[2]

February

March

  • March 12 – Schools were locked down due to the spread of COVID-19. Five new cases of COVID-19, including one death, were reported.[7]

May

  • May 14 – Algeria summons Morocco's ambassador to Algiers in protest against when the Moroccan consul in Oran purportedly referred to Algeria as an "enemy country."[8]
  • May 20 – Soheib Debaghi, Larbi Tahar, and Boussif Mohamed are sentenced to tough jail terms after Facebook posts are ruled to be potentially damaging to national interest.[9]
  • May 28 – Algeria recalls its ambassador to France for consultations after French public television aired documentaries on the anti-government protest movement, one of which contained shots of young people kissing and drinking alcohol.[10]

June

October

December

  • December 29 – President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returns to Algeria after receiving treatment for COVID-19 in Germany since October.[13]
  • December – Over the course of 2020, twenty-one rebel fighters were killed, nine were captured, and eleven surrendered to the army.[14]

Deaths

January

February

March

June

July

August and September

October to December

See also

References

  1. ↑ Algeria: Post Election Repression Human Rights Watch, 28 Jan 2020
  2. ↑ Algeria captures man planning suicide attack - defence ministry Reuters Africa News, 30 Jan 2020
  3. ↑ Tunisian president arrives in Algeria on his first trip abroad Middle East Monitor, 3 Feb 2020
  4. ↑ "Algerians keep up protests a year after demonstrations began". Reuters. Feb 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ Algerian health minister confirms first COVID-19 case Africa Times, 25 Feb 2020, retrieved 30 Mar 2020
  6. ↑ "ترحيل المواطن الإيطالي المصاب بكورونا". الشروق أونلاين (in Arabic). 2020-02-28. Archived from the original on 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  7. ↑ Coronavirus: first death in Algeria, two new wilayas affected (in French) TSA, 12 Mar 2020, retrieved 30 Mar 2020
  8. ↑ "Algeria summons Moroccan ambassador over 'enemy country' remark". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Algeria hands tough jail terms to three opposition activists". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Algeria recalls envoy to France over public TV documentaries". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Algeria to release two leaders of Hirak protest movement". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  12. ↑ Chikhi, Lamine; Ali, Idrees; McDowall, Angus (October 1, 2020). Nomiyama, Chizu; Wallis, Daniel (eds.). "U.S. defense chief's rare Algeria visit points to Sahel region threats". Reuters.
  13. ↑ "President returns to Algeria, reports recovery from COVID-19". AP NEWS. 29 December 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020. I passed through difficult moments. I am happy to be back, thanks God.
  14. ↑ "Five civilians killed in Algeria roadside bomb blast". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  15. ↑ L’ex ministre des affaires étrangères Mohamed Salah Dembri n’est plus ! Archived 2020-01-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  16. ↑ Morto a 99 anni Jean Daniel, il fondatore dell'Obs: "Una lunga vita di passione, impegno e creazione" (in Italian)
  17. ↑ Mort de Pierre Bénichou, ancien dirigeant de « L’Obs » et chroniqueur des « Grosses Têtes » (in French)
  18. ↑ SLIMANI, KARIMA. "Former Prime Minister Belaïd Abdessalam passes away". www.aps.dz. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  19. ↑ Retired Algerian referee Mohamed Kouradji dies from coronavirus
  20. ↑ Algérie : l'ancien ministre Moussa Benhamadi meurt en détention du Covid-19 (in French)
  21. ↑ Le moudjahid et ancien ministre Lamine Bechichi n'est plus (in French)
  22. ↑ Football : décès de l'ancien joueur de l'équipe du FLN Saïd Amara (in French)
  23. ↑ Décès de l'ancien ministre des Affaires religieuses M'hamed Benredouane (in French)
  24. ↑ Le Pr Grangaud, un des pionniers de la santé publique en Algérie, n'est plus (in French)
  25. ↑ Football : L’entraîneur Rachid Belhout est mort (in French)
  26. ↑ Décès de la comédienne Nouria Kazdarli à l'âge de 99 ans (in French)
  27. ↑ Mort de l'acteur François Lalande, vu dans Les Visiteurs, à 89 ans (in French)
  28. ↑ Frédéric Musso, écrivain et poète, n'est plus (in French)
  29. ↑ Mort de Pierre Nahon, le grand marchand français d'Arman et César (in French)
  30. ↑ Deces de Hassan Achour: la FAF presente ses condoleances a sa famille et au CRB (in French)
  31. ↑ Hamdi Benani est mort (in French)
  32. ↑ Décès du sociologue Ali El Kenz (in French)
  33. ↑ Algérie : Le Moudjahid Lakhdar Bouregâa est décédé Archived 2020-11-04 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  34. ↑ Décès du moudjahid Abdelkader Guerroudj (in French)
  35. ↑ Décès de l’ancien président de l’APN Saïd Bouhadja (in French)
  36. ↑ Kamel Madoun tire sa révérence (in French)
  37. ↑ Mort de Mgr Henri Teissier, une vie au service de l’Algérie (in French)
  38. ↑ Décès de Lamine Khène, ancien ministre et membre du GPRA (in French)
  39. ↑ Décès de l'ancien ministre de l'Intérieur Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni (in French)
  40. ↑ Hommage à Mouloud Achour : maintenant que tu n'es plus là (in French)
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