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2014 in Algeria
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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Algeria.
Incumbents
[edit]- President – Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- Prime Minister –
- Abdelmalek Sellal (until 13 March)
- Youcef Yousfi (Acting, 13 March-29 April)
- Abdelmalek Sellal (from 29 April)
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- February 11 – 2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash: A military transport plane crashed in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province killing 77 people.[1]
April
[edit]- April 17 – Voters in Algeria go to the polls for a presidential election with incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika standing for a fourth term.[2]
June
[edit]- June 25 – Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi makes his first official visit abroad to Algeria where security was top of the agenda.[3] Algeria agreed to ship five cargoes of liquefied natural gas to Egypt before the end of the year.[4]
August
[edit]- August 1 – The 5.6 Mw Algiers earthquake affected the north coast, causing 420 injuries and six deaths.
- August 30 – A Ukrainian Antonov An-12 aircraft with seven people on board crashes in the Sahara Desert.[5]
September
[edit]- September 24 – Algerian jihadist group Jund al-Khilafah release a video showing French tourist Hervé Gourdel being killed because of French participation in airstrikes against ISIS.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Algerian army plane crashes – dozens dead, one survivor". BBC News. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Algeria police violently disperse election protest". Fox News. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Security Tops Agenda in Algeria During Egypt Leader's First Foreign Trip". 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "UPDATE 2-Algeria, Egypt's Sisi talk security, gas shipments". 26 June 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Seven die as Ukraine plane crashes in Sahara: Algeria". 30 August 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "French hostage Herve Gourdel beheaded in Algeria". BBC News. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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