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Rumors about coordinated moves and secret agreements passed by Algerian Authorities with terror groups providing for sparing Algeria from terrorist attacks have circulated for years. However, contents of phone talks of some terrorists have clearly confirmed the existence of such Read more
The shady deal struck by the Algerian army and AQIM, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, during the January 17, 2013 hostage crisis, in the Algerian gas plant in Ain Amenas, was substantiated another time during a TV talk show Read more
Mauritanian authorities are on a manhunt after an Islamist militant who is awaiting execution since 2011 after being found guilty of attempting to kill President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz escaped from the Nouakchott central prison where he was being held. Read more
Maroc Telecom, the leading telecom operator in Morocco, held its General Assembly in Rabat on Tuesday, at a time French group Vivendi is about to hand over to the UAE Etisalat its 53 per cent stake in Morocco’s largest carrier. Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco who is currently on a visit to Cote d’Ivoire pleaded for strengthening south-south cooperation and pointed out that if cooperation was in the past based on trust and on historical ties, today, it increasingly hinges Read more
Jordan took over the UN Security Council presidency on Wednesday, the first day of its two-year stint on a 15-nation body struggling to cope with conflicts in Syria, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Mali and elsewhere. The country got access Read more
Mali’s neighboring countries have pledged to consolidate regional security and stability, to join efforts to fight terrorism in the Sahel-Sahara region and to back the African force currently deployed in the West African country (MISMA). The pledge was made at Read more
The Tuareg rebellion had allowed Islamist groups in Mali take control of the north. Currently, a military intervention is being prepared by ECOWAS to regain this territory. At the same time it is being suggested more and more that Qatar Read more
Washington is facing an acute dilemma as the threat posed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to the entire region and to the whole world is growing: should it help the countries of the region confront the group or Read more
Taher Touati, the Algerian vice-consul in Mali, who was captured and kidnapped alongside seven diplomats when the Algerian consulate in Gao, Mali, was attacked in April by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) has been executed Read more