2005 in Algeria
The following lists events that happened during 2005 in Algeria.
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Events
June 28, 2005- Islamic Studies dropped from secondary school curriculum.
- Six Yemeni guerrillas killed in Algeria last week
- Algeria refuses entry to four Moroccan journalists working for the Moroccan Sahara Foundation NGO, expelling them to Rome. The move follows increased Morocco-Algeria tensions over the Western Sahara.
- Joint US-Algerian naval exercises, codenamed "Barbary Thunder", involving such vessels as the USS Nashville.
- General Electric announces plans to build Africa's largest water desalination plant to supply Algiers.
- Amari Saifi, a leading member of the GSPC captured in Chad in October 2004, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Algiers. He failed to turn up to his trial, sparking speculation..
- Enforcement of the 2002 partnership agreement between Algeria and the European Union to begin on September 1st, says EU source.
- Finance Minister Mourad Medelci announces plans to cut foreign debt by $1 billion this year "if the positive financial position of the country continues". The debt currently stands at $21.4 billion, having fallen 7.7% over 2004.