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Chad Said to Have Killed Mastermind of Algerian Attack

March 2, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

DAKAR, Senegal — Chad’s military said Saturday that its soldiers in Mali had killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the mastermind of the January seizure of an Algerian gas plant that left at least 37 foreign hostages dead. Mr. Belmokhtar’s death was announced … read more »

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U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Africa defined by a decade of missteps

February 5, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Craig Whitlock, The U.S. military was closely tracking a one-eyed bandit across the Sahara in 2003 when it confronted a hard choice that is still reverberating a decade later. Should it try to kill or capture the target, an … read more »

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Mali/Algeria: threat of AQIM to Europe has been overstated

January 29, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Christina Hellmich Is Al-Qaeda about to bring terrorism to Europe’s backyard in North Africa? The intervention of French military forces in Mali and the apparent reprisals in the form of the hostage crisis at the In Amenas gas processing … read more »

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