Topic: Al Qaeda in the Maghreb
Fighters from al-Qaida's North African branch helped an ethnic Tuareg rebel group attack a town in northern Mali this week, Mali's government said ...
A court in Algeria has sentenced a fugitve leader of Al-Qaeda's north African wing and three of his followers to death for attacks against the...
Algeria's interior minister says a regional official's kidnapping was unconnected to al-Qaida's North African wing.. Dahou Ould Kablia told ...
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped three Westerners and killed a fourth in the historic northern Mali town of Timbuktu Friday, the second hostage-taking in the region in two days, Malian government and local sources said.One government source and a local tourist guide ...
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Unknown attackers kidnapped three Europeans and killed a fourth in the northern Mali town of Timbuktu on Friday, a Malian government source said.The source, who declined to be identified, said the nationality of the person killed was German. The ...
Four French hostages kidnapped by a North African offshoot of Al-Qaeda in Niger last September were "doing well", a mediator said, adding negotiations for their release were ongoing.A few days ago, the kidnappers "told us the hostages were doing well. We ...
A policeman was killed and another wounded during a clash with armed men in the Kabylie region east of Algiers on Monday, officials said.They said armed men targeted a policeman directing traffic in the centre of Ain El Hammam, in the ...
RABAT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) denied Saturday it was involved in a bomb attack on a cafe in Marrakesh last week that killed 16 people including eight French nationals.Police in Morocco arrested three people Thursday for the ...
The Algerian security forces have arrested seven men, mainly Algerians and Moroccans, who are suspected of supporting Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, press reports said on Monday.The seven are accused of providing logistical and financial support to the northwest African wing ...
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Islamist militants killed 13 Algerian soldiers in the country's northern Kabylie region, the deadliest attack in months, a security source told Reuters on Saturday.The ambush was located between Azazga and Yakouren, east of the city of Tizi Ouzou ...
