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Analysis: After Algerian incident, West Africa fears Mali spillover
By seizing hundreds of hostages at a gas plant in the Algerian desert, al Qaeda-linked militants angry at French intervention in Mali sent a clear message: they could strike anywhere in the Sahara....
Morocco expresses its concern at the "proliferation" of networks linked to al-Qaida
Morocco has expressed this Saturday, January 19, concern about the "proliferation" of networks linked to Al-Qaeda in the kingdom. These concerns come after the break for the fifth time since last...
Terrorists and hostages killed in final assault end to Algeria kidnap crisis
Algeria’s four-day hostage stand-off came to a bloody end today when the country’s special forces stormed the remote desert gas plant and killed 11 militants, but not before they in turn executed...
Expert: The bankruptcy of security in Algeria is due to its refusal to cooperate with its neighbours
Abdelmamek Alaoui is president of the Moroccan Association of intelligence, he commented on the recent developments taking place in the south-eastern Algeria, marked by taking foreign hostages and...
Tunisia:Authorities Seize Large Cache of Weapons in Medenine
A large quantity of weapons of different kinds were confiscated yesterday morning,17 January 17, in two separate warehouses in the southeastern governorate of Medenine, TAP reported....
Tourism Minister presents Moroccan tourism development strategy in London
Minister of Tourism, Lahcen Haddad presented in London on Thursday Morocco’s strategy to promote tourism, stressing the ambition of the Kingdom to be one of the most popular tourist destinations in...
Malian army announced it regained control of Konna
The Malian army announced that it had taken full control, Thursday, on 17 January , of the town of Konna, in the center of the country. In addition, nearly one hundred Nigerian soldiers and Togo,...
Hostage siege at In Amenas not over
The assault led by special forces the Algerian army, ended at the base compound where the greatest number of hostages were being held,However hostages are still held at the Tiguentourine gas...
Abdelkader Bensalah acclaimed Acting SG RND
The National Council for the National Democratic Rally (RND) was acclaimed Thursday Abdelkader Bensalah, Acting Secretary General was acclaimed acting secretary general of the party to hold the...
Algeria's gas field attackers from Libya: minister
Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said on Thursday that the militants who assaulted a gas- field in southern Illizi province were from Libya....
Mohamed Said Belaid: "dead and wounded" in the attack by the Algerian army
Algerian Minister of Communication, Mohamed Said Belaid, confirmed on Thursday evening that "there are dead and wounded" to lament after the attack by the Algerian army against a heavily armed...
Peering into the Energy Crystal Ball
Trying to predict the future of the energy sector is like trying to predict the weather in London in an era of global warming. But delegates had a go at it during the three-day World Future Energy...
Hostage Crisis in Algeria
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Casablanca: Dismantling of an Algerian passport forgery network
The network was headed by an Algerian citizen and his concubine, and other Algerian nationals acting as intermediaries for clients. The police stationed at the Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca...
Salafists condemn Morocco for its aerial facilities to the French army
The Moroccan Salafist movement's leaders have declared act of impiety, any help Morocco to the French army in Mali.Salafists condemn Morocco for its aerial facilities to the French army....
ANI: The Algerian army assault results in the death of hostages and their captors on the BP site
Algerian helicopters bombed the gas complex, said one of the kidnappers, quoted by the Mauritanian news agency ANI. The source cited by ANI said that "two Japanese were wounded," without...
In Amenas siege: Some hostages escape
Media and officials report that a number of hotsgaes have escaped from their Islamist captors at the In Amenas gas complex in Algeria.
The...
Moroccan Tourism:Two years delay for the Vision 2020 plan
the Annual General Meeting of the Board of the National Tourism Federation (FNT) nd National Federation for hospitality industry (FNIH), was followedby a press conference highlighting its...
The Government of Morocco and Maroc Telecom sign an investment agreement for 10 billion dirhams
The Government signed with Morocco Telecom, a fourth investment agreement in the amount of 10 billion dirhams for the period from 2013 to 2015 on Wednesday in Rabat, during a ceremony presided over...
In Amenas Stand off
Algerian troops have surrounded theIn Amenas complex.Mokhtar Belmokhtar,s group 'the Signed in Bood '' battalion say they have 41 hostages including Americans,British,French,Japanese Norwegians and...