US to Give Mali Equipment for Military Forces (ABC News)
US gives Mali security forces $5 million in equipment following al-Qaida attack claim

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.

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 …

Italy’s top security official: Algerian cell financing terror smashed with 17 arrests (Sun-Sentinel)
MILAN (AP) Italy’s top security official said Thursday that authorities have smashed an international terror cell with the arrest in Italy and elsewhere in Europe of 17 Algerians who were raising money to finance terrorism.

Italy: Police arrest alleged Algerian terror gang (Adnkronos)
Italy: Police arrest alleged Algerian terror gang (AKI) – Police authorities in various European countries on Thursday arrested 17 Algerian criminal and terrorism suspects, six of them in the northern Italian city of Milan. The suspects are accused of being in possession of fake IDs as well as material to make counterfeit documents and extortion among other things. According to investigations …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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