Sahara gas pipeline gets go-ahead (BBC News)
Nigeria, Niger and Algeria agree to build a giant multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline across the Sahara desert.

Algerian singer Cheb Mami jailed over abortion bid (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Algerian-born music star Cheb Mami was sentenced on Friday to five years in jail for trying to make his ex-girlfriend undergo a forced abortion, despite pleading for forgiveness at his trial near Paris.

Algerian singer Cheb Mami jailed for abortion bid (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A French court on Friday sentenced Algerian-born music star Cheb Mami to five years in jail for attempting to have his ex-girlfriend undergo a forced abortion.

AP IMPACT: In Algeria, al-Qaida extends franchise (AP via Yahoo! News)
Deep in the Sahara Desert, along the remote southern borders of Algeria, lies an immense no man’s land where militants roam.

AU to shelter Beshir
The African Union has decided not to co-operate with a war crimes warrant against Sudan President Omar al-Beshir.

Algerian star jailed in France over forced abortion (The Malaysian Insider)
BOBIGNY, France, July 3 Algerian singer Cheb Mami was sentenced today to five years in a French prison after being found guilty of forcing an attempted abortion on his former lover. The 42-year-old star of Algeria s popular rai music, whose real name is Mohamed Khelifati, was tried for complicity in kidnapping, group assault on a vulnerable person, threatening a victim and administering …

UPDATE:Algeria Min Calls On EU To Help Finance Sahara Gas Pipe (Nasdaq)
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Algeria’s oil minister said Friday the European Union should financially support the $10 billion Trans-Sahara gas pipeline, after the North African country signed an agreement to build the route with Niger and Nigeria.

ANALYSIS-Al Qaeda’s Sahara wing blend terror with business (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Briton’s death intensifies focus on Sahara group * Al Qaeda militants mix with smugglers, rebels * Threat to investments but regional response lacking By David Lewis DAKAR, June 5 ( …

Algerian singer Cheb Mami jailed for abortion bid (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Music star Cheb Mami was sentenced on Friday to five years in jail for trying to make a former lover undergo a forced abortion, despite pleading for forgiveness at his trial near Paris.

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