Algeria accepts delay to banker’s extradition
Algeria has agreed to Britain’s request to delay a decision on the extradition of former bank chief Rafik Khalifa, who was sentenced to life in prison for embezzlement.
Three foreigners killed in Egypt collision
A collision between a car and a freight train near the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada has claimed the lives of three German citizens.
Three Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania (MalaysiaNews.net)
al-Qaida that has been targeting westerners in recent years.The two men and a woman from a Spanish NGO, Barcelona Acci n Solidaria, were taken yesterday when they became separated from a convoy of 13…
Egyptian Military Court of Appeals fails to rectify injustice (Amnesty International)
Amnesty International condemns the failure of Egypt’s military appeals court to overturn sentences imposed on leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood organization after unfair trials and calls on the authorities to stop trying civilians in military tribunals. The decision of the Supreme Court of Military Appeals to confirm the sentences of up to seven years imprisonment imposed on 18 …
Algeria, Libya Play Catch-Up (Journal of Commerce Online)
The global economy may be crawling ahead at a snail s pace, but for many U.S. providers of industrial equipment and project cargo, North Africa s major energy producers Algeria and Libya could offer a wide range of business opportunities.
Effort Against Trans-Sahara Terrorists (Scoop.co.nz)
Washington – The North Africa-based terrorist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) continues to be a menace to parts of the Maghreb and the Sahel, but the Muslim populations there generally reject AQIM, and the group is less likely to expand operations into Europe because of pressure being applied by Algerian security forces, says Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, the U.S. State Department’s …
Libyan group denounces bin Laden ideology (CNN)
In what may prove one of the biggest breakthroughs against Islamist terrorism since 9/11, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), a militant Libyan Jihadist group, once allied with Osama bin Laden and with close personal ties to al Qaeda’s senior leadership, is publicly repudiating al Qaeda’s ideology.
Egypt: Military Court of Appeals fails to rectify injustice (Amnesty International)
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Libya deports 325 Nigerians – cops
Libya has accused 325 Nigerians of breaching immigration rules.
Egyptian Military Court of Appeals fails to rectify injustice (Amnesty International)
Amnesty International condemns the failure of Egypt’s military appeals court to overturn sentences imposed on leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood organization after unfair trials and call
