2025 in Algeria
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Events in the year 2025 in Algeria.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 11–12 February – A nationwide strike is held by teachers in protest over low salaries and poor working conditions.[2]
March
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 6 April –
- 14 April – Algeria orders the expulsion of 12 French diplomats in retaliation for France indicting three Algerians for the 2024 abduction of dissident Amir Boukhors in Paris.[9] In retaliation, France expels 12 Algerian diplomats the next day.[10]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[11]
- 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
[edit]- 4 February – Sid Ahmed Ghozali, 87, prime minister (1991–1992).[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mali rebel group frees Spanish national kidnapped in Algeria". AP News. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Teachers across Algeria go on strike to protest low salaries and poor conditions". AP News. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "La course aux élections sénatoriales est lancée". El watan. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ^ Alashray, Enas (19 March 2025). "Pilot killed as military jet crashes in Algeria, Ennahar TV says". Reuters. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "Algerian court sentences writer Sansal to five years in jail". France 24. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "Algeria says it downed a drone near its border with Mali as tensions simmer between the 2 countries". AP News. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Sahel alliance recalls ambassadors from Algeria after the downing of a Malian drone". AP News. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Algeria suspends flights to Mali over airspace violations". Africanews. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Algeria to expel 12 French embassy officials". BBC. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ "France expels 12 Algerian officials in tit-for-tat move amid diplomatic tensions". AP News. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "National Holidays in Algeria 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
- ^ وفاة رئيس الحكومة الأسبق سيد احمد غزالي (in Arabic)
