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Algeria
10.0% annual new-conflict probability
How to read these probabilities: Scores estimate the probability of a new armed conflict starting within the next 12 months. Ongoing conflicts can have a saturation effect, reducing the modelled probability of an additional conflict onset. A low or falling score does not imply less severe ongoing fighting or a safer country.
Population
47.44M
GDP
$287.03B
Currency
DZD
Capital
Algiers
Land area
2.38M km²
Official languages
Arabic
Risk assessment
Risk profile
Algeria faces a 10.0% 12-month probability of a new armed conflict on its territory, placing it in the high-risk category. The main long-run supports are the country’s experience of the 1990s civil war, persistent militant threats in the Sahel and along its southern borders, and the difficulty of managing extensive, lightly populated frontier areas. Algeria’s strong security institutions and substantial state capacity remain important protections.
Recent reporting highlights rising regional competition involving Algeria, Libya, Mali, the United Arab Emirates, and the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA). The FLA’s reported outreach to Benghazi and Abu Dhabi for financial and military backing has angered Algiers and could increase pressure around Algeria’s southern approaches, although the cited development does not itself establish fighting inside Algeria.
The largest uncertainty is whether rivalry over northern Mali and the wider Sahel becomes a direct cross-border confrontation. Risk would rise most clearly following an FLA or allied attack, weapons transfer, or armed incursion onto Algerian territory; sustained border security, diplomatic engagement, and containment of foreign support would support a lower likelihood of new onset.
Strategic reasoning
- Algeria’s 1990s civil war and continuing exposure to militant networks provide a credible pathway to renewed internal armed violence, while its capable security apparatus and state resources constrain that pathway.
- The FLA’s reported links with Benghazi and the UAE create an escalatory channel near Algeria’s southern frontier. This concerns a potential new conflict on Algerian soil, distinct from fighting already occurring elsewhere in the Sahel or Libya.
Critical indicators
- On 16 October 2026, Africa Intelligence reported that the Azawad Liberation Front was seeking financial and military backing from Benghazi and the United Arab Emirates, increasing tensions with Algiers.
- Algeria’s civil war during the 1990s remains a relevant country factor: it demonstrated that sustained armed conflict can emerge domestically, while the subsequent security response explains the importance of border control and counter-insurgency capacity today.
Probability trend
How the Algeria estimate has moved
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Current conflicts
Source: UCDP
No active conflicts in Algeria.
Regional context
Algeria compared with its neighbours and region
Algeria ranks number 36 of 196 in new conflict outbreak risk.
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