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List of events
Events from 2020 in Algeria .
Incumbents
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
August 2 – Saïd Amara , football player and manager (b. 1933).[ 22]
August 3 – M'hamed Benredouane , politician (b. 1950).[ 23]
August 4 – Jean-Paul Grangaud , doctor and professor (b. 1938).[ 24]
August 9
September 1 – François Lalande , 89, Algerian-born French actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo French Postcards Dangerous Liaisons [ 27]
September 5 – Frédéric Musso , 79, Algerian-born French writer and poet.[ 28]
September 10 – Pierre Nahon , 84, Algerian-born French art collector and gallery owner.[ 29]
September 17 – Hassan Achour , 82, football player (CR Belouizdad , national team ) and manager (Chéraga ).[ 30]
September 21 – Hamdi Benani , 77, musician and singer; COVID-19.[ 31]
October to December
November 1 – Ali El Kenz , 74, writer and sociologist.[ 32]
November 5 – Lakhdar Bouregaa , 87, independentist militant; COVID-19.[ 33]
November 7 – Abdelkader Guerroudj , 92, political activist.[ 34]
November 25 – Saïd Bouhadja , 82, politician, President of the People's National Assembly (2017–2018).[ 35]
November 27 – Kamel Madoun , handball player and coach (NA Hussein Dey , Oman Club , national team ).[ 36]
December 1 – Henri Teissier , 91, French-Algerian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers (1988–2008); stroke.[ 37]
December 14 – Lamine Khene , 89, politician.[ 38]
December 18 – Yazid Zerhouni , 83, Tunisian-born Algerian politician.[ 39]
December 24 – Mouloud Achour , 76, writer.[ 40]
See also
References
^ Algeria: Post Election Repression Human Rights Watch, 28 Jan 2020^ Algeria captures man planning suicide attack - defence ministry Reuters Africa News, 30 Jan 2020^ Tunisian president arrives in Algeria on his first trip abroad Middle East Monitor, 3 Feb 2020^ "Algerians keep up protests a year after demonstrations began" . Reuters . Feb 14, 2020.^ Algerian health minister confirms first COVID-19 case Africa Times, 25 Feb 2020, retrieved 30 Mar 2020^ "ترحيل المواطن الإيطالي المصاب بكورونا" . الشروق أونلاين (in Arabic). 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-08-08 .^ Coronavirus: first death in Algeria, two new wilayas affected (in French) TSA, 12 Mar 2020, retrieved 30 Mar 2020^ "Algeria summons Moroccan ambassador over 'enemy country' remark" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved June 3, 2020 .^ "Algeria hands tough jail terms to three opposition activists" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved June 3, 2020 .^ "Algeria recalls envoy to France over public TV documentaries" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved June 3, 2020 .^ "Algeria to release two leaders of Hirak protest movement" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved June 3, 2020 .^ 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 . ^ "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. ^ "Five civilians killed in Algeria roadside bomb blast" . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021 .^ L’ex ministre des affaires étrangères Mohamed Salah Dembri n’est plus ! Archived 2020-01-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French) ^ Morto a 99 anni Jean Daniel, il fondatore dell'Obs: "Una lunga vita di passione, impegno e creazione" (in Italian) ^ Mort de Pierre Bénichou, ancien dirigeant de « L’Obs » et chroniqueur des « Grosses Têtes » (in French) ^ SLIMANI, KARIMA. "Former Prime Minister Belaïd Abdessalam passes away" . www.aps.dz . Retrieved July 5, 2020 . ^ Retired Algerian referee Mohamed Kouradji dies from coronavirus ^ Algérie : l'ancien ministre Moussa Benhamadi meurt en détention du Covid-19 (in French) ^ Le moudjahid et ancien ministre Lamine Bechichi n'est plus (in French) ^ Football : décès de l'ancien joueur de l'équipe du FLN Saïd Amara (in French) ^ Décès de l'ancien ministre des Affaires religieuses M'hamed Benredouane (in French) ^ Le Pr Grangaud, un des pionniers de la santé publique en Algérie, n'est plus (in French) ^ Football : L’entraîneur Rachid Belhout est mort (in French) ^ Décès de la comédienne Nouria Kazdarli à l'âge de 99 ans (in French) ^ Mort de l'acteur François Lalande, vu dans Les Visiteurs, à 89 ans (in French) ^ Frédéric Musso, écrivain et poète, n'est plus (in French) ^ Mort de Pierre Nahon, le grand marchand français d'Arman et César (in French) ^ Deces de Hassan Achour: la FAF presente ses condoleances a sa famille et au CRB (in French) ^ Hamdi Benani est mort (in French) ^ Décès du sociologue Ali El Kenz (in French) ^ Algérie : Le Moudjahid Lakhdar Bouregâa est décédé (in French) ^ Décès du moudjahid Abdelkader Guerroudj (in French) ^ Décès de l’ancien président de l’APN Saïd Bouhadja (in French) ^ Kamel Madoun tire sa révérence (in French) ^ Mort de Mgr Henri Teissier, une vie au service de l’Algérie (in French) ^ Décès de Lamine Khène, ancien ministre et membre du GPRA (in French) ^ Décès de l'ancien ministre de l'Intérieur Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni (in French) ^ Hommage à Mouloud Achour : maintenant que tu n'es plus là (in French)
