Kerry Says U.S. Wants To Boost Algeria In Al Qaeda Fight

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
3 April 2014
Tags:
Algeria, United States, Canada and Africa

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday Washington was looking to increase its security assistance to Algeria to help it tackle militancy in the vast Sahel region to its south, home to one of the world's most active branches of al Qaeda. Algeria, a major gas supplier to Europe, is already a key partner in Washington's campaign against Islamist fighters who have tried to spread across the Maghreb after the French military drove them out of Mali last year.

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