Lumpy skin disease (LSD), is currently disseminating in multiple countries causing an economic devastation of livestock industries. Affecting principally cattle and in a second extent water buffaloes, this transboundary disease is characterized by the development of multiple skin nodules in all parts of the animal body. These signs with fever and lymphadenitis are the most common and with high rates of morbidity and low morbidity. The disease is caused by a DNA virus of the Poxivridae family LSD virus (LSDV). It is mainly transmitted through arthropods (mosquitoes, sand flies, ticks) although the direct route of transmission is possible. Algeria was until recently free of the disease. However, since June 2024, the country is facing a real threat consisting of the emergence of multiple outbreak of LSD in different departments. To deal with this new situation, the national veterinary authorities have adopted multiple preventive measures including movement restrictions, isolation, disinfection an desinsectisation and the lunching of vaccination campaigns in the accepted departments. This manuscript provide information regarding the situation of LSD in Algeria, and propose some preventive measures that should be applied in a newly affected country.