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MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) - Regional rivalries and doubts about Western intervention are hampering efforts by Africa's fragile Sahara-Sahel zone to prevent remote desert areas destabilized by Libya's war from becoming safe havens for al Qaeda and international criminals. Some of the world's poorest countries such as Mali, Niger and Mauritania are scrambling to secure international expertise ...
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Read More... Anger at squalid housing unleashes Algeria protestThu, 12 Jan 2012 06:08:51 -0800
LAGHOUAT, Algeria (Reuters) - Every time it rains, Fatina Binoun takes her three young children to stay with relatives because she is afraid the downpour will bring down the walls of her decaying house. Binoun, 30, and her husband live in a rented two-storey building in the Algerian town of Laghouat, on the northern edge of the Sahara desert about 400 km (250 miles) south of the capital. A crack ...
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ALGIERS, Algeria, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say Algerian intelligence has foiled an al-Qaida plot to mount suicide attacks against U.S. and European ships in the Mediterranean.
Read More... North Africa: Hope for Reviving the Arab Maghreb UnionWed, 08 Feb 2012 02:41:59 -0800
[ISS] On January 23rd, 2012, the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Saad-Eddine Al-Othmani met with his Algerian counterpart Mourad Medelci in Algiers. For those acquainted with North Africa political affairs, this visit, if not historical, can certainly be termed as a step towards thawing the relations between Algiers and Rabat.
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Tunisia's new President Moncef Marzouki is preparing for a major drive to unify the Maghreb on his first foreign tour as the birthplace of the Arab Spring seeks to recover lost diplomatic prestige.
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