Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Al Qaida is said to be expanding operations throughout North Africa from the insurgency network’s base in Mali. Mauritanian President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz said Al Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb took over a large area of northern Mali. Abdul Aziz said AQIM was threatening interests throughout the Sahel […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — North African states have stepped up security coordination. Officials said Algeria has achieved results in efforts to increase regional security coordination. They said Algiers was overseeing increased cooperation with such neighboring countries as Mali and Mauritania. “Our efforts over the past two years are beginning to pay off,” an Algerian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algerian officials have reprimanded the regime’s longtime proxy, Polisario, for allowing an Al Qaida abduction of Westerners in the disputed region of Western Sahara. Arab diplomats said Algeria has summoned Polisario commander Mohammed Abdul Aziz for the Al Qaida abduction of three European Union nationals in late October. The diplomats […]