September
- September 6: United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Algeria's foreign minister during her three-day visit to North Africa. The visit came at a time when Algeria was experiencing a surge in terror attacks.
- September 9: SNASCO appointed the Kun Won architecture firm of South Korea to design the SNASCO mega waterfront project in Oran, Algeria.
- September 11: Algerian President Bouteflika congratulated two Algerian judokas after they won gold medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
- September 20: Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia expressed his desire to strengthen strategic cooperation between Algeria and China.
- September 24: Algerian President Bouteflika remained silent regarding his decision on seeking an unprecedented third term.
- September 26: The government of Algeria donated $2 million in aid to Cuba to assist the Cuban people recover from the devastation left following the passage of Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike.
- September 29: A suicide bomber killed three people and injured six in the Dellys area of Boumerdes on Sunday, September 28. The region is thirty miles east of Algiers. The incident occurred at a checkpoint during Iftar.
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