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Algeria launches national drive to warn every citizen before disaster strikes

9 November 2026 · Algeria Now

Algeria launches national drive to warn every citizen before disaster strikes — Photo : ww2.kqed.org (adresse collée)

Algeria opened a two-day national launch of the "Early Warnings for All" initiative on Sunday, aiming to build a multi-hazard alert system that reaches every citizen before floods, storms or other disasters strike, the Ministry of the Interior announced.

The meeting, held on 8 and 9 November, brings together representatives of ministries, national bodies and technical institutions. According to the ministry, the programme will strengthen national capacity by improving how risks are assessed, monitored and forecast, and how warnings reach the public. It is also meant to improve preparedness and the response to emergencies.

Four international partners are taking part: the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Telecommunication Union. The ministry described the launch as a platform for coordinating sectors, national actors and partners around an integrated national system.

The initiative belongs to a global campaign launched by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in 2022, which seeks to cover everyone on Earth with early warning services by the end of 2027.

The timing is telling. On Monday, the National Meteorological Office issued alerts for rain, thunderstorms and strong winds in several western and south-western provinces, including Tlemcen, Naâma and El Bayadh. Tuesday is the 25th anniversary of the Bab El Oued floods in Algiers, which killed more than 700 people in November 2001 and remain the deadliest weather disaster in the country's recent history.

Since then, the authorities have invested in forecasting and civil protection. The ministry's stress on reaching citizens directly suggests the remaining gap lies less in measurement than in communication. Whether a coordinated national system can turn forecasts into timely local action is the test this launch sets.

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