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 »
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 »
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Leadership reporters have uncovered some methods adopted by foreign sponsors of Boko Haram to launder money to the terrorist group. Read more »
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Interim Prime Minister Ali Larayedh described Ansar Al-Sharia as an illegal organisation after supporters of the Salafist group clashed with police. 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 »
