October
- October 20: Al Salam Bank began operations in Algeria.
- October 20: Algeria is on course to be among the top three nations in handing down death sentences to criminals in 2008. As of October 20 the nation's courts and tribunals had handed down almost 300 death sentences. In 2007 Algeria sentenced 271 people to death, ranking it 3rd on a list of fifty-one countries.
- October 30: Algerian opposition parties attacked President Bouteflika's plan to change the constitution in order to abolish term limits and achieve a third term in office. Prime Minister Ouyahia said that the amendment would likely be passed by the end of November 2008. A presidential election is likely to be held in April 2009.
- October 30: Abu Dhabi President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated President Bouteflika in a telegram sent on Algeria Revolution Day.
- October 31: Algerian journalist Noureddine Boukraa was convicted of disclosing confidential information after he reported that security officials might have used their positions for personal gain. Boukraa was sentenced to a three-month suspended jail term and fined $465 for disclosing confidential information of an ongoing investigation. The verdict was delivered by a court in the northeastern Annaba region. The charge came from a November 2007 article in Al-Nahar which was based on multiple sources and documents. Boukraa currently works for Akhbar al-Jazair and planned to file an appeal.
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