UN Security Council sanctions al-Qaeda linked Mali Islamists
United Nations: The United Nations (UN) Security Council Thursday ordered sanctions against an Al-Qaeda linked Islamist group operating in Northern Mali, in order to support...
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO)
Mali: MUJAO says Algerian hostage executed
by Areeb Hasni
Bamako: Islamist extremists occupying northern Mali Sunday claimed that they executed an Algerian diplomat kidnapped five months ago, after the government failed to fulfill the...
Mali: Algerian hostage appeals for help
by Areeb Hasni
Bamako: An Algerian hostage, held by an Islamist militant group in northern Mali, has urged his country to save his life, AFP reported on Sunday....
Hostage exchange rejected: Mali Islamists threaten to attack Algeria
by Areeb Hasni
Bamako: An al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group based in northern Mali warned Algeria of deadly revenge on Friday after Algerian officials rejected a hostage exchange, media reported...
Italian, Spanish hostages freed in Mali
by Areeb Hasni
Bamako: An al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group based in northern Mali said Wednesday that it had freed two Spanish and one Italian hostage kidnapped in western Algeria...