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Algeria Tension Score

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Live 0–100 tension reading for Algeria, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.

30
Calm
7d +1 · 30d +8

Where Algeria stands

#40 of 197 countries today, #7 of 53 in Africa (region score 64). Tension is steady this week.

Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.

Algeria news pulse

20 headlines in 30 days · newest first
UAE-Controlled Moeve Sells Algerian Upstream Assets
OilPrice · 5 November 2026 energytradegeopolitics
32 · Low
How the UAE-Israel-Morocco threat pushed Algiers to send troops to Niger
Middle East Eye · 4 November 2026 conflictenergy
38 · Moderate
As peacekeepers leave Western Sahara, refugees yearn to end a half-century wait
Al-Monitor · 2 November 2026 conflict
32 · Low
UN’s peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years
France24 · 2 November 2026 geopolitics
23 · Low
UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years, UN chief says
Straits Times · 2 November 2026 geopolitics
23 · Low
OPEC+ Set to Keep Oil Quotas Unchanged
OilPrice · 28 October 2026 energygeopolitics
31 · Low
Ballon d'Or ceremony raises case of French sports journalist jailed in Algeria
BBC World · 28 October 2026 trade
20 · Low
Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment since 1973
BBC World · 27 October 2026 conflictenergy
48 · Moderate
Algeria’s president orders troop deployment to neighbouring Niger
Al Jazeera · 27 October 2026 conflictenergygeopolitics
48 · Moderate
Algeria approves troop deployment to Niger: what is their mission?
Euronews · 27 October 2026 conflict
44 · Moderate
The fall of El-Fasher, one year on
France24 · 27 October 2026 energygeopolitics
41 · Moderate
Algeria to deploy army units to Niger to protect economic interests
France24 · 27 October 2026 energygeopolitics
29 · Low
Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment in over 50 years
France24 · 26 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
59 · High
Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment since 1973
Straits Times · 26 October 2026 conflicttradegeopolitics
47 · Moderate
Algeria’s military deployment to Niger: What’s behind the move?
Al Jazeera · 26 October 2026 geopolitics
47 · Moderate
Algeria bans foreign curricula in private schools and makes Arabic mandatory
Middle East Eye · 16 October 2026 geopolitics
20 · Low
EU Wheat Prices Rise After Another Black Sea Attack, Algerian tender - Marine Link
GN Food · 14 October 2026 conflict
32 · Low
Paris Wheat Rises As Algerian Purchases Tender, Hope of Black Sea Peace Fades - Marine Link
GN Food · 13 October 2026 geopolitics
20 · Low
European wheat futures rise as Algeria issues purchase tender - Investing.com
GN Food · 13 October 2026 geopolitics
20 · Low
Farmer-macaque conflict in Algeria poses a complicated conservation challenge - Phys.org
Google News · 6 October 2026 conflict
13 · Minimal

Every story the engine read that names Algeria, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.

What is driving Algeria’s tension score

last 30 days
  • 17 headlines in 30 days — 0.09% of everything the engine read, up sharply on the previous 30 days (7).
  • 35% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 35% scored as high-tension stories.
  • Conflicts on the roster: none. Algeria is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
  • Region: Africa reads 64 today; it carries 15% of this score.

Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Algeria) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.

Algeria tension month by month

average score, headline counts
MonthAvg scoreZoneHeadlinesViolentDays
November 202629.4Calm415
October 202624.0Calm19931
September 202610.8Calm1013

Record for Algeria began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.

How the Algeria score is built

Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Africa region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.

Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.

No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.

Questions people ask about Algeria

Is Algeria in a war right now?

Not on our roster. Algeria is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.

Is tension in Algeria rising or falling?

Rising: up 1 points in 7 days.

How does Algeria compare with the rest of Africa?

Below its region: Algeria reads 30 against 64 for Africa, ranking #7 of 53 there.

Keep exploring

Algeria and world tension: the long view

evergreen · World Tension Meter team

Gas to Europe, watch on the Sahel. Algeria pipes gas to Spain and Italy and keeps Africa’s largest defence budget. Its cold war with Morocco over Western Sahara and its long border with Mali and Niger keep it in conflict coverage.

What our engine watches in Algeria

  • Gas exports and pipeline politics
  • Morocco rivalry and Western Sahara
  • Sahel border security

Indexes to follow: Energy Security.