Chief of Algerian police killed by colleague (Boston Globe)
The powerful chief of Algeria’s national police was shot and killed by a colleague during a meeting Thursday in his office at the North African country’s security headquarters, a law enforcement official said.
Chief of Algerian police killed by colleague (3news)
The powerful chief of Algeria’s national police, on the front line in the war against Islamist insurgents, was shot and killed by a colleague during a meeting at his headquarters.
Chief of Algerian police killed by colleague (AP via Yahoo! News)
The powerful chief of Algeria’s national police, on the front line in the war against Islamist insurgents, was shot and killed by a colleague during a meeting Thursday at his headquarters, authorities said.
Al-Qaida growing in strength and numbers in Africa (KION 46 Salinas)
Al-Qaida’s terrornetwork in North Africa is growing more active and attracting new recruits, threatening to further destabilize the continent’s already vulnerable Sahara region, according to U.S. defense and counterterrorism…
Detained Swiss in Libya hampered by legal fog (Swissinfo)
The upcoming trial of two Swiss men held in Libya for more than 75 weeks will offer clues as to whether Tripoli is exacting revenge or just upholding its laws.
French hostage freed after abduction by North Africa’s al-Qaida offshoot (Sun-Sentinel)
PARIS (AP) The office of France’s president says a French hostage who was held captive in Mali for three months by Al-Qaida’s North Africa offshoot has been freed.
Al-Qaeda frees Frenchman kidnapped in Mauritania: negotiator (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An Al-Qaeda offshoot in north Africa on Tuesday freed Frenchman Pierre Camatte after almost three months following the release of four foreign Islamic militants by Mali, a negotiator told AFP.
World Chief of Algerian police killed by colleague (Japan Today)
The powerful chief of Algeria’s national police, on the front line in the war against Islamist insurgents, was shot and killed by a colleague during
Al-Qaida growing in strength and numbers in Africa (San Francisco Chronicle)
Al-Qaida’s terror network in North Africa is growing more active and attracting new recruits, threatening to further destabilize the continent’s already vulnerable Sahara region, according to U.S. defense and counterterrorism officials. The North African…
Al Qaeda breeds terror in Sahara (The Washington Times)
Al Qaeda’s terrorism network in North Africa is becoming increasingly active and attracting more recruits, threatening to further destabilize the continent’s already vulnerable Sahara region, U.S. defense and counterterrorism officials said. The North African faction, which calls itself al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, is still small and largely isolated, numbering a couple of hundred militants …
