2020 in Algeria

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Events from 2020 in Algeria.

Incumbents

• President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune
• Prime Minister: Abdelaziz Djerad

Events

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 2019–2020 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]

July

• July 5 – Independence Day, Algeria (from France in 1962)[12]

Deaths

• January 2 - Mohamed Salah Dembri, 81, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1996).[13]
• February 19 – Jean Daniel, 99, Algerian-born French journalist, founder of L'Obs.[14]
• March 31 – Pierre Bénichou, 82, Algerian-born French journalist.[15]
• June 27 – Belaid Abdessalam, 91, politician, Prime Minister (1992-1993)[16]
• July 9 – Mohamed Kouradji, 68, football referee; COVID-19.[17]
• July 17 – Moussa Benhamadi, 67, politician and executive; COVID-19.[18]
• July 23 – Lamine Bechichi, 92, politician.[19]
• August 2 – Saïd Amara, 87, football player (Béziers, Bordeaux, national team) and manager.[20]
• August 3 – M'hamed Benredouane, 69, politician.[21]
• August 4 – Jean-Paul Grangaud, 82, doctor and professor.[22]
• August 9 – Nouria Kazdarli, 99, actress.[23]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
• 2020 in North Africa
• 2020 in Egypt
• 2020 in Libya
• 2020 in Morocco
• 2020 in Tunisia
• 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. CIA Factbook: Algeria CIA 2020, Retrieved 30 March 2020
13. L’ex ministre des affaires étrangères Mohamed Salah Dembri n’est plus ! Archived 2020-01-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
14. Morto a 99 anni Jean Daniel, il fondatore dell'Obs: "Una lunga vita di passione, impegno e creazione" (in Italian)
15. Mort de Pierre Bénichou, ancien dirigeant de « L’Obs » et chroniqueur des « Grosses Têtes » (in French)
16. SLIMANI, KARIMA. "Former Prime Minister Belaïd Abdessalam passes away". www.aps.dz. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
17. Retired Algerian referee Mohamed Kouradji dies from coronavirus
18. Algérie : l'ancien ministre Moussa Benhamadi meurt en détention du Covid-19 (in French)
19. Le moudjahid et ancien ministre Lamine Bechichi n'est plus (in French)
20. Football : décès de l'ancien joueur de l'équipe du FLN Saïd Amara (in French)
21. Décès de l'ancien ministre des Affaires religieuses M'hamed Benredouane (in French)
22. Le Pr Grangaud, un des pionniers de la santé publique en Algérie, n'est plus (in French)
23. Décès de la comédienne Nouria Kazdarli à l'âge de 99 ans (in French)