2021 in Algeria

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Events from 2021 in Algeria.

See also: 2021 in North Africa

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria

January
  • 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 brother of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika 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 Group reports fighting between militants and government troops in Aïn Defla Province.[6]

Culture
Further information: 2021 in African music

Sports

Deaths

See also

References
  1. "Algeria's Tebboune signs new constitution into law". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. AFP. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. "Many killed in southern Algeria road accident". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. AFP. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  3. "Algerian ex-president's brother cleared of conspiracy". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  4. "Five civilians killed in Algeria roadside bomb blast". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  5. "Macron rules out official apology for colonial abuses in Algeria". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  6. Chikhi, Lamine (February 2, 2021). "In Algerian mountains, army operation shows persistent militant threat". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  7. و فاة الصحفي ، الكاتب والروائي ، مرزاق بقطاش (in Arabic)
  8. Jean-Pierre Bacri est mort (in French)
  9. Abdelmadjid Guemguem, alias Guem, est décédé (in French)
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