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PROSPECTS 2010 Q4: African politics
Many countries in the region are expecting elections, including several that mark important...
NORTH AFRICA: AQIM releases will exacerbate divisions
Two Spanish charity workers held hostage by elements of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)...
WEST AFRICA: France backs raid on AQIM base in Mali
France confirmed today that it had backed a pre-dawn raid in northern Mali yesterday launched by...
West AfricaALGERIA: AQIM attack Algerian forces on Mali border
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for an attack on a convoy yesterday...
AlgeriaAFRICA: Al-Qaida struggles to gain Sahel foothold
The number of troops available to the newly created regional Joint Military Staff Committee will...
AFRICA: Algiers tries to maintain anti-terror momentum
Algeria, with Mali, Mauritania and Niger, will today open a joint command headquarters in...
WEST AFRICA: Algeria aims to emphasise AQIM threat
Algeria today convened a foreign ministers meeting with its Sahelian neighbours to the south and...
West AfricaPROSPECTS 2010 Q2: Africa
Amid an uncertain global economic recovery, sub-Saharan Africa will in the second quarter face...
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