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People group profile · PG011253

The Algerian Tuareg of Algeria

The Algerian Tuareg of Algeria, numbering about 148,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of Algeria.

They are an indigenous people in the Tuareg people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Algerian Saharan Arabic.

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AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Tuareg, Algerian

Fast facts

Country
Algeria
Population
148,000
Affinity group
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
People cluster
Tuareg
Primary language
Algerian Saharan Arabic (aao)
Primary religion
Sunni Islam
Strategic Progress Index
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
Less than 2%
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Northern Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Algerian Tuareg are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Algerian Tuareg

  • Continue prayer and fasting for this group
  • Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
  • Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Primary religion

Sunni Islam · Islam

100% adherents

Primary language

Algerian Saharan Arabic · Afro-Asiatic family

100% speak Algerian Saharan Arabic

Gospel resources in Algerian Saharan Arabic

  • Bible available, published 1992
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources not available
  • Bible stories available

Films

  • JESUS (Arabic, North African)
  • JESUS (Arabic, North African)

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Algerian Tuareg

  1. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  2. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  3. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  4. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.

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