2021 in Algeria
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Events from 2021 in Algeria.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune
- Prime Minister: Abdelaziz Djerad (until 30 June); Aymen Benabderrahmane onwards
Events
[edit]Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
January
[edit]- January 1
- 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 20 – French President Emmanuel Macron refuses to apologize for colonialism or the Algerian War.[5]
- January (date unknown) – Reuters reports fighting between militants and government troops in Aïn Defla Province.[6]
February
[edit]- 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 19 – Journalist Khaled Drareni and thirty other activists are released from prison in Koléa, Tipaza Province on the second anniversary of the Hirak Movement.[10]
- 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
[edit]- March 5 – Thousands of protesters march on the second Friday in a row.[12]
August
[edit]- 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]
Scheduled events
[edit]- June 12 – 2021 Algerian parliamentary election[16]
- TBA – Local elections
Culture
[edit]Sports
[edit]- August 24 to September 5 – Algeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 2020–21 in Algerian football
Deaths
[edit]- January 2 – Mirzaq Biqtash, 75, writer.[17]
- January 18 – Jean-Pierre Bacri, 69, Algerian-born French actor (Same Old Song, Place Vendôme) and screenwriter (The Taste of Others); cancer.[18]
- January 22 – Guem, 73, musician, composer and dancer.[19]
- March 17 – Rym Ghezali, 38, actress (El Wa3ra).[20]
- March 27 – Redha Hamiani, 76, politician.[21]
- September 10 – Saadi Yacef, 93, independence fighter, politician and actor.[22]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Algeria's Tebboune signs new constitution into law". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. AFP. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ "Many killed in southern Algeria road accident". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. AFP. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ "Algerian ex-president's brother cleared of conspiracy". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Five civilians killed in Algeria roadside bomb blast". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ "Macron rules out official apology for colonial abuses in Algeria". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ Chikhi, Lamine (February 2, 2021). "In Algerian mountains, army operation shows persistent militant threat". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Verity; Karam, Souhail; El Wardany, Salma (February 8, 2021). "Algeria's oil and gas exports plummet". aljazeera.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "Algerian president returns home after virus-linked operation". AP NEWS. 12 February 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ "Algerian president dissolves parliament, frees prisoners". AP NEWS. 18 February 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "Algeria frees imprisoned journalist, pro-democracy activists". AP NEWS. 19 February 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "Algeria pro-democracy marchers try to revive Friday protests". yahoo.com. AP. February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ^ "Algerians protest for second Friday in revival of 2019 movement". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ "Algeria wildfire death toll rises as 25 soldiers killed". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Algeria forest fires: At least 65 people killed as fires spread". BBC News. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Algeria leader calls wildfires 'disaster', says 22 arsonists arrested". Reuters. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Algerian president sets early election date after protests". AP NEWS. 11 March 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ و فاة الصحفي ، الكاتب والروائي ، مرزاق بقطاش Archived 2021-01-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
- ^ Jean-Pierre Bacri est mort (in French)
- ^ Abdelmadjid Guemguem, alias Guem, est décédé (in French)
- ^ سبب وفاة الفنانة الجزائرية ريم غزالي – فيديو (in Arabic)
- ^ Décès de l'ancien ministre des PME Réda Hamiani (in French)
- ^ "Yacef Saâdi est mort : un grand nom de le révolution s'éteint". Algerie360. 10 September 2021.
