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🇩🇿 Use CautionIs Algeria Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Algeria
Travel verdict: See the scores below. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Terrorism risk, especially in Sahara and border regions
- Border areas with Mali, Niger, and Libya extremely dangerous
- Civil unrest and protests (Hirak movement)
Avoid all border regions and the Sahara; travel only to northern coastal cities
Hepatitis A and typhoid vaccines recommended; medical care variable outside Algiers
Cash-based economy; Algerian Dinar cannot be exchanged outside Algeria
Emergency: 17
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