March 12 –Schools are locked due to coronavirus spread. Five new cases of COVID-19, including one death.[6]
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."[7]
May 20 – Soheib Debaghi, Larbi Tahar, and Boussif Mohamed are sentenced to tough jail terms after Facebook posts are ruled potentially damaging to the national interest.[8]
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.[9]
June 2 – Opposition leaders of the 2019–2020 Algerian protests, Karim Tabbou and Samir Benlarbi, will soon be freed. "President Abdelmadjid Tebboune assured me that he would use his constitutional prerogative to ensure that Tabbou and Benlarbi regain their freedom," Sosiane Djilali of the Jil Jadid party told AFP news agency.[10]
