U.S. Wants Algeria Backing on Mali Intervention
Updated: Thu 1 Nov, 09:28 am
The United States is pressing for Algerian backing in a pending military action against al-Qaeda linked Islamists in northern Mali. With the two countries sharing a 2,000-km border, a State Department … read more »
Algeria: Hostages Still Missing
Updated: Wed 23 Jan, 05:38 am
Five foreigners are still unaccounted after a takeover by Islamist militants at a gas facility in Amenas has been neutralised. read more »
Algerian Hostage Crisis Ends
Updated: Mon 21 Jan, 04:56 am
Algeria's hostage crisis has been brought to an end, but it has come at a high price, reports Al Jazeera television news. Twenty-three hostages were killed, at least seven on the final day when … read more »
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While the country complies with international standards regulating the transparency of oil revenues the people are yet to see the benefits thereof. Read more »
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A prosecution witness in the trial of Boko Haram kingpin Kabir Sokoto has told the court that a disagreement over the sharing of funds from an Algerian sponsor was responsible for ... Read more »
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The UN is set to renew its MINURSO mandate in the Western Sahara to facilitate the Saharawi people's disire for self-determination in the face of Morocco's continued occupation of ... Read more »
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It's President Zuma's second official visit to Nigeria in less than three years, where he undertook to rebuild relations with that country. Read more »
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France has ended weeks of speculation about whether or not al Qaeda-linked African warlord Abou Zeid was killed fighting in Mali. Read more »
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As Al Qaeda's wing in north Africa announced it has killed a French hostage in retaliation for French intervention, the UN refugee agency says it is worried that air and ground ... Read more »
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Just days after a fourth French soldier was killed, the country's defence minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, has warned that it could take several weeks and possibly more violent ... Read more »
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The United Nations has stressed that a combination of military and political efforts are vital from partners if Mali is to emerge from its ongoing crisis. Read more »
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Mali's Interim President Dioncounda Traore has ruled out talks with Islamist groups who ruled the north for nine months, but said he was ready to meet Tuareg activists from the ... Read more »
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The International Monetary Fund has approved a disbursement of U.S.$18.4 million as part of a "broad-based support by Mali's development partners". Read more »
