US to Give Mali Equipment for Military Forces (ABC News)
US gives Mali security forces $5 million in equipment following al-Qaida attack claim
France pledges help for Mauritania in aid talks (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters PARIS, Oct 27 (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday promised to support Mauritania in its efforts to unlock international aid suspended last year in protest at a coup by the Islamic …
Libya eyes new Russian jet fighters (Space War)
Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Oct 19, 2009 – Russia’s Interfax news agency says Libya is considering a deal to purchase at least 20 Russian fighter jets as part of a $1 billion weapons contract.
Photo Update – New Report Documents Abuse of Sahrawi Refugees’ Rights in Algeria Camps (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Forgotten or Forsaken? UN refugee chief says international community needs to “wake up” to plight of refugees stranded in desert for decades in “precarious conditions” WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Only weeks after news reports citing the UN’s refugee chief saying tens of thousands of refugees had been “forgotten” in remote desert camps in Algeria, a new study, “Group Rights …
Libya fuels North African ‘arms race’ (UPI)
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 20 (UPI) — Libya’s reported intention to buy 20 Sukhoi attack jets in a $1 billion weapons deal with Russia underlines a pattern of sizable military acquisitions by North African states that some analysts view as a regional arms race.
Press Releases: Interview With Fouad Arif of Al-Aoula Television (U.S. Department of State)
Interview With Fouad Arif of Al-Aoula Television Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Marakech, Morocco November 3, 2009 QUESTION: First of all, on behalf of the Moroccan viewers, Madame Secretary of State, I would like to thank you very much, despite a busy week and a very heavy schedule. My first question is during the past 10 years, His Majesty the King Mohammed VI has initiated reforms …
Very little concrete progress in illegal migration talks between EU, Libya (Times of Malta)
A year of technical negotiations between the EU and Libya on illegal migration has seen little concrete progress and Tripoli still keeps Brussels guessing on what it wants to achieve and when.
Sec. Clinton Speaks with Al-Aoula TV (Scoop.co.nz)
QUESTION: First of all, on behalf of the Moroccan viewers, Madame Secretary of State, I would like to thank you very much, despite a busy week and a very heavy schedule.
US to give Mali equipment for military forces (AP via Yahoo! News)
The United States is providing security forces in the West African nation of Mali with more than $5 million in new vehicles and other equipment.
