2020 in Algeria

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Events from 2020 in Algeria.

Incumbents

• President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune
• Prime Minister: Abdelaziz Djerad

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria

January

• January 28 – The Human Rights Watch denounces the arrests of dozens of peaceful dissidents that have occurred since the presidential election in 2019.[1]
• January 30 – Defense forces announce the arrest of a man planning a suicide attack against peaceful protesters.[2]

February

• February 3 – Tunisian President Kais Saied visits Algeria in his first trip outside the country.[3]
• February 14 – Thousands of Algerians march against corruption and military participation in politics.[4]
• February 25 – The first confirmed case of COVID-19 is reported in Algeria: an Italian man who had arrived on February 17. He was deported back to Italy on February 28.[5][6]

March

• March 12 – Schools were locked down due to the spread of COVID-19. Five new cases of COVID-19, including one death, were reported.[7]

May

• 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."[8]
• May 20 – Soheib Debaghi, Larbi Tahar, and Boussif Mohamed are sentenced to tough jail terms after Facebook posts are ruled to be potentially damaging to national interest.[9]
• 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.[10]

June

• June 2 – Opposition leaders of the 2019–20 Algerian protests, Karim Tabbou and Samir Benlarbi, are announced to be freed soon. "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.[11]

October

• October 1 - President Abdelmadjid Tebboune meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to discuss security issues in Libya and the Sahel.[12]

December

• December 29 – President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returns to Algeria after receiving treatment for COVID-19 in Germany since October.[13]
• December – Over the course of 2020, twenty-one rebel fighters were killed, nine were captured, and eleven surrendered to the army.[14]

Deaths

January

• January 2 – Mohamed Salah Dembri, politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1938).[15]

February

• February 19 – Jean Daniel, journalist and founder of L'Obs (b. 1920).[16]

March

• March 31 – Pierre Bénichou, journalist (b. 1938).[17]

June

• June 27 – Belaid Abdessalam, politician and former Prime Minister (b. 1928).[18]

July

• July 9 – Mohamed Kouradji, football referee (b. 1952).[19]
• July 17 – Moussa Benhamadi, politician and executive (b. 1953).[20]
• July 23 – Lamine Bechichi, politician (b. 1927).[21]

August and September

• August 2 – Saïd Amara, football player and manager (b. 1933).[22]
• August 3 – M'hamed Benredouane, politician (b. 1950).[23]
• August 4 – Jean-Paul Grangaud, doctor and professor (b. 1938).[24]
• August 9
  • Rachid Belhout, football player and manager (b. 1944).[25]
  • Nouria Kazdarli, actress (b. 1921).[26]
• September 1 – François Lalande, 89, Algerian-born French actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, French Postcards, Dangerous Liaisons).[27]
• September 5 – Frédéric Musso, 79, Algerian-born French writer and poet.[28]
• September 10 – Pierre Nahon, 84, Algerian-born French art collector and gallery owner.[29]
• September 17 – Hassan Achour, 82, football player (CR Belouizdad, national team) and manager (Chéraga).[30]
• September 21 – Hamdi Benani, 77, musician and singer; COVID-19.[31]

October to December

• November 1 – Ali El Kenz, 74, writer and sociologist.[32]
• November 5 – Lakhdar Bouregaa, 87, independentist militant; COVID-19.[33]
• November 7 – Abdelkader Guerroudj, 92, political activist.[34]
• November 25 – Saïd Bouhadja, 82, politician, President of the People's National Assembly (2017–2018).[35]
• November 27 – Kamel Madoun, handball player and coach (NA Hussein Dey, Oman Club, national team).[36]
• December 1 – Henri Teissier, 91, French-Algerian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers (1988–2008); stroke.[37]
• December 14 – Lamine Khene, 89, politician.[38]
• December 18 – Yazid Zerhouni, 83, Tunisian-born Algerian politician.[39]
• December 24 – Mouloud Achour, 76, writer.[40]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• 2020 in North Africa
• 2020s
• African Union
• Arab League
• al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
• Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Algeria Province

References

1. Algeria: Post Election Repression Human Rights Watch, 28 Jan 2020
2. Algeria captures man planning suicide attack - defence ministry Reuters Africa News, 30 Jan 2020
3. Tunisian president arrives in Algeria on his first trip abroad Middle East Monitor, 3 Feb 2020
4. "Algerians keep up protests a year after demonstrations began". Reuters. Feb 14, 2020.
5. Algerian health minister confirms first COVID-19 case Africa Times, 25 Feb 2020, retrieved 30 Mar 2020
6. "ترحيل المواطن الإيطالي المصاب بكورونا". الشروق أونلاين (in Arabic). 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
7. Coronavirus: first death in Algeria, two new wilayas affected (in French) TSA, 12 Mar 2020, retrieved 30 Mar 2020
8. "Algeria summons Moroccan ambassador over 'enemy country' remark". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
9. "Algeria hands tough jail terms to three opposition activists". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
10. "Algeria recalls envoy to France over public TV documentaries". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
11. "Algeria to release two leaders of Hirak protest movement". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
12. Chikhi, Lamine; Ali, Idrees; McDowall, Angus (October 1, 2020). Nomiyama, Chizu; Wallis, Daniel (eds.). "U.S. defense chief's rare Algeria visit points to Sahel region threats". Reuters.
13. "President returns to Algeria, reports recovery from COVID-19". AP NEWS. 29 December 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020. I passed through difficult moments. I am happy to be back, thanks God.
14. "Five civilians killed in Algeria roadside bomb blast". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
15. L’ex ministre des affaires étrangères Mohamed Salah Dembri n’est plus ! Archived 2020-01-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
16. Morto a 99 anni Jean Daniel, il fondatore dell'Obs: "Una lunga vita di passione, impegno e creazione" (in Italian)
17. Mort de Pierre Bénichou, ancien dirigeant de « L’Obs » et chroniqueur des « Grosses Têtes » (in French)
18. SLIMANI, KARIMA. "Former Prime Minister Belaïd Abdessalam passes away". www.aps.dz. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
19. Retired Algerian referee Mohamed Kouradji dies from coronavirus
20. Algérie : l'ancien ministre Moussa Benhamadi meurt en détention du Covid-19 (in French)
21. Le moudjahid et ancien ministre Lamine Bechichi n'est plus (in French)
22. Football : décès de l'ancien joueur de l'équipe du FLN Saïd Amara (in French)
23. Décès de l'ancien ministre des Affaires religieuses M'hamed Benredouane (in French)
24. Le Pr Grangaud, un des pionniers de la santé publique en Algérie, n'est plus (in French)
25. Football : L’entraîneur Rachid Belhout est mort (in French)
26. Décès de la comédienne Nouria Kazdarli à l'âge de 99 ans (in French)
27. Mort de l'acteur François Lalande, vu dans Les Visiteurs, à 89 ans (in French)
28. Frédéric Musso, écrivain et poète, n'est plus (in French)
29. Mort de Pierre Nahon, le grand marchand français d'Arman et César (in French)
30. Deces de Hassan Achour: la FAF presente ses condoleances a sa famille et au CRB (in French)
31. Hamdi Benani est mort (in French)
32. Décès du sociologue Ali El Kenz (in French)
33. Algérie : Le Moudjahid Lakhdar Bouregâa est décédé (in French)
34. Décès du moudjahid Abdelkader Guerroudj (in French)
35. Décès de l’ancien président de l’APN Saïd Bouhadja (in French)
36. Kamel Madoun tire sa révérence (in French)
37. Mort de Mgr Henri Teissier, une vie au service de l’Algérie (in French)
38. Décès de Lamine Khène, ancien ministre et membre du GPRA (in French)
39. Décès de l'ancien ministre de l'Intérieur Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni (in French)
40. Hommage à Mouloud Achour : maintenant que tu n'es plus là (in French)