2025 in Algeria

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See also:	History of Algeria List of years in Algeria

Events in the year 2025 in Algeria.

• President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune
• Prime Minister: Nadir Larbaoui (until 28 August); Sifi Ghrieb onwards
• Government: Ghrieb government

• 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]

• 11–12 February – A nationwide strike is held by teachers in protest over low salaries and poor working conditions.^[2]

• 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]

• 6 April –
  • Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali withdraw their ambassadors from Algeria as part of protests against accusations by Algiers over the drone shoot-down incident near the Malian border on 31 March.^[7]
  • Algeria suspends all flights to and from Mali, citing multiple airspace violations.^[8]
• 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]

• 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]

• 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]

• 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]

• 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.^[18]

• 12 November – President Tebboune issues a pardon to Boualem Sansal.^[19]

• 24 December – The People's National Assembly passes a law criminalizing the French occupation of Algeria.^[20]

Source:^[21]

• 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

• 7 January – Abdelkader Ould Makhloufi, 80, boxer.^[22]
• 24 January – Lakhdar Bouyahi, 79, footballer (NA Hussein Dey, national team).^[23]
• 4 February – Sid Ahmed Ghozali, 87, prime minister (1991–1992).^[24]
• 17 March – Hocine Zehouane, 89, politician.
• 22 March – Djamel Menad, 64, football player (Nîmes, national team) and manager (USM Annaba).^[25]
• 28 March – Hamza Feghouli, 86, actor (Le Clandestin).^[26]
• 2 April – Omar Aktouf, 80, Algerian-born Canadian consultant and academic.^[27]
• 14 May – Fadéla M'rabet, 90, writer.^[28]
• 23 May – Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, 91, film director (Chronicle of the Years of Fire, Sandstorm, The Last Image) and screenwriter.^[29]
• 5 June – Djoher Amhis-Ouksel, 96–97, writer.^[30]
• 1 July – Ahmed Zahzah, 91, footballer (USM Blida).^[31]
• 15 July – Madani Naamoun, 81, actor.^[32]
• 11 August – Sid Ali Lazazi, 67, footballer (NA Hussein Dey, national team).^[33]
• 13 August – Rachid Ferhani, 80, Kabyle singer.^[34]
• 14 August – Noureddine Ben Omar, 74, film and television director.^[35]
• 18 August – Issaâd Dhomar, 92, football player (JS El Biar, national team) and executive, president of the Algerian Football Federation (1984–1986).^[36]
• 24 August – Khaled Louma, 70, musician and radio presenter ^[37]
• 27 August – Abdellah Liegeon, 67, footballer (Monaco, Strasbourg, national team).^[38]
• 5 October – Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, 93, politician, minister of education (1965–1970) and foreign affairs (1982–1988).^[39]
• 7 October – Djilali Selmi, 79, footballer (OMR, CRB, national team).^[40]
• 3 November – Tayeb Zitouni, 69, politician.^[41]
• 20 November – Miloud Khetib, 80, Algerian-born French actor.^[42]
• 25 November – Biyouna, 73, singer and actress (Bacon on the Side, Holiday, Belleville Cop).^[43]

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