Mokhtar Belmokhtar

 

Suicide attacks rock Niger

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Afua Hirsch
May 23, 2013 3:24 pm
Blasts at military and mining targets, killing at least 17 soldiers, spark fears of spread of al-Qaida-linked violence in regionSuicide bomb...

Britain to work with Algeria on counter-terrorism, says David Cameron

Patrick Wintour
January 30, 2013 6:01 pm
Prime minister announces partnership as he becomes first British leader to visit country since independenceBritain will offer to work alongs...

Al-Qaida: how great is the terrorism threat to the west now?

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Jason Burke
January 29, 2013 9:00 am
In the aftermath of the Algerian hostage crisis, David Cameron issued an ominous warning of the continued threat from terrorism. But is al-Q...

Mali: jihadist fighters melt away as French begin to regain control

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Luke Harding
January 28, 2013 9:00 am
Majority of northern region taken back but many refugees believe retreat of rebels is only temporaryJust two weeks after intervening in Mali...

Mali rebels melt away in face of French advance

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Luke Harding
January 27, 2013 9:01 pm
Majority of northern region taken back but many refugees believe retreat of jihadist fighters is only temporaryJust two weeks after interven...

How cigarette smuggling fuels Africa’s Islamist violence

Jamie Doward
January 27, 2013 12:06 am
Contrabrand tobacco is a $1bn trade in north Africa, run by extremists including Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who masterminded the attack on the Alge...

Algeria: Islamist threat to west overstated

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Africa News Cloud
January 22, 2013 6:00 pm
Mokhtar 'Marlboro man' Belmokhtar and his fighters are more interested in overthrowing government than attacking westThe intervention of Fre...

Mali: five key facts about the conflict

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Africa News Cloud
January 22, 2013 12:02 pm
Media coverage of the war in the Sahel region often fails to supply some essential material. Here's what you need to knowAs the conflict in ...

David Cameron calls for ‘global response’ after Algerian hostage crisis

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Luke Harding, Andrew Sparrow, Kim Willsher
January 20, 2013 9:00 pm
Prime minister warns of 'decades' of struggle against terrorism in north Africa after six Britons and a UK resident are killedDavid Cameron ...

Algeria hostage crisis: rivalries and reputation may be part of motive

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Jason Burke
January 20, 2013 12:00 am
Fragmentation of militant groups has led to situation where smaller cells are competing for attention and fundingAlgerian security forces en...

Algeria hostage crisis over after further casualties

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Peter Beaumont
January 20, 2013 12:00 am
Algerian special forces move in to prevent destruction of In Amenas gas plant, but fail to save remaining foreign workersUntil yesterday mor...

Algerian troops attempt to end hostage standoff with ‘final assault’

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David Batty, Peter Beaumont
January 19, 2013 3:00 pm
Another 16 hostages freed and seven more killed, reports say, and 11 more members of jihadist group killed in battleAlgerian security forces...

Algeria crisis: if al-Qaida is linked to AQIM, the chain is a very long one

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Jason Burke
January 18, 2013 6:00 pm
The ties binding al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb to al-Qaida's senior leaders in south-west Asia have always been weakBack in the dim midst ...

Algerian hostage siege: ‘It could only have ended with a massive assault’

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Angelique Chrisafis
January 18, 2013 3:01 pm
After 10 years of brutal civil war, Algeria maintains a no-negotiation, take-no-prisoners approach to insurgent assaultsAs the Algerian host...

Algeria spills more blood | Nabila Ramdani

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Nabila Ramdani
January 18, 2013 12:01 am
The violent end to this standoff is only the start of a new chapter in the country's savage historyGiven Algeria's savage history, it is tra...

Islamist militants and Algerian troops in hostage standoff

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Julian Borger
January 17, 2013 9:00 am
One Briton killed and two wounded in initial attack, and several more Britons being held against their will at gas field buildingAlgerian tr...

Algerian troops in standoff with militants holding western hostages

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Julian Borger
January 17, 2013 12:00 am
One Briton killed and two wounded in initial attack, and several more Britons being held against their will at gas field buildingAlgerian tr...



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