2025 in Algeria
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Events in the year 2025 in Algeria.
See also:
Incumbents
- President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune
- Prime Minister: Nadir Larbaoui (until 28 August); Sifi Ghrieb onwards
- Government: Ghrieb government
Events
January
- 17 January – A Spanish national is abducted in the south of the country by a "transnational mafia". He is subsequently located in neighboring Mali and released by the Azawad Liberation Front on 20 January.[1]
February
- 11–12 February – A nationwide strike is held by teachers in protest over low salaries and poor working conditions.[2]
March
- 9 March – Elections are held for 72 seats in the 144-member Council of the Nation.[3]
- 19 March – A fighter jet of the Algerian Air Force crashes during a training mission near Aoulef in Adrar Province, killing the pilot.[4]
- 27 March – A court in Dar El Beïda sentences writer Boualem Sansal, who holds dual French nationality, to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 Algerian dinars ($3,730) for comments deemed to be undermining Algeria's territorial integrity.[5]
- 31 March – The Algerian Army says it had shot down a drone that had entered the country's airspace from Mali near Tin Zaouatine.[6]
April
May
- 11 May – Algeria orders the expulsion of 15 French diplomats, citing breaches of diplomatic procedures related in part to the replacement of staff expelled in the previous round of removals in April.[11]
- 26 May – Former presidential candidates Saïda Neghza, Belkacem Sahli and Abdelhakim Hamadi are convicted and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for corruption.[12]
June
- 10 June – The European Union adds Algeria to its list of high risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorism financing.[13]
- 22 June – Three fans die and more than 70 others are injured after a security barrier collapses during celebrations at the Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers following MC Alger’s league title win against NC Magra.[14]
- 28 June – French freelance sports journalist Christophe Gleizes is sentenced by a court in Algeria to seven years' imprisonment on charges that include terrorism and illegal entry to Algeria in connection with his reporting on JS Kabylie.[15]
August
- 5 August – A civil protection surveillance aircraft crashes during a training mission at Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport in Taher, killing four people.[16]
- 15 August – A bus falls off a bridge into the Oued El Harrach river in El Harrach, killing 18 people and injuring 24 others.[17]
- 28 August – President Tebboune dismisses Nadir Larbaoui as prime minister, replacing him with Sifi Ghrieb.[18]
September
- 4 September – Mali files a case in the International Court of Justice against Algeria over the latter's shootdown of a Malian military drone in the Tinzaouaten area on 31 March.[19]
November
- 12 November – President Tebboune issues a pardon to Boualem Sansal.[20]
December
- 24 December – The People's National Assembly passes a law criminalizing the French occupation of Algeria.[21]
Holidays
Source:[22]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 12 January – Amazigh New Year
- 22 February – Day of Fraternity and Cohesion in Algeria
- 31 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 1 May - Labour Day
- 7 June — Eid al-Adha
- 26 June – Awal Muharram
- July 5 – Independence Day
- 4 September – Milad un-Nabi
- 1 November – Revolution Day
Deaths
- 7 January – Abdelkader Ould Makhloufi, 80, boxer.[23]
- 24 January – Lakhdar Bouyahi, 79, footballer (NA Hussein Dey, national team).[24]
- 4 February – Sid Ahmed Ghozali, 87, prime minister (1991–1992).[25]
- 17 March – Hocine Zehouane, 89, politician.
- 22 March – Djamel Menad, 64, football player (Nîmes, national team) and manager (USM Annaba).[26]
- 28 March – Hamza Feghouli, 86, actor (Le Clandestin).[27]
- 2 April – Omar Aktouf, 80, Algerian-born Canadian consultant and academic.[28]
- 14 May – Fadéla M'rabet, 90, writer.[29]
- 23 May – Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, 91, film director (Chronicle of the Years of Fire, Sandstorm, The Last Image) and screenwriter.[30]
- 5 June – Djoher Amhis-Ouksel, 96–97, writer.[31]
- 1 July – Ahmed Zahzah, 91, footballer (USM Blida).[32]
- 15 July – Madani Naamoun, 81, actor.[33]
- 11 August – Sid Ali Lazazi, 67, footballer (NA Hussein Dey, national team).[34]
- 13 August – Rachid Ferhani, 80, Kabyle singer.[35]
- 14 August – Noureddine Ben Omar, 74, film and television director.[36]
- 18 August – Issaâd Dhomar, 92, football player (JS El Biar, national team) and executive, president of the Algerian Football Federation (1984–1986).[37]
- 24 August – Khaled Louma, 70, musician and radio presenter [38]
- 27 August – Abdellah Liegeon, 67, footballer (Monaco, Strasbourg, national team).[39]
- 5 October – Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, 93, politician, minister of education (1965–1970) and foreign affairs (1982–1988).[40]
- 7 October – Djilali Selmi, 79, footballer (OMR, CRB, national team).[41]
- 3 November – Tayeb Zitouni, 69, politician.[42]
- 20 November – Miloud Khetib, 80, Algerian-born French actor.[43]
- 25 November – Biyouna, 73, singer and actress (Bacon on the Side, Holiday, Belleville Cop).[44]