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William Hague: UK cannot prevent terrorism in Africa
Foreign secretary says Britain is not 'omnipotent' and rejects claim that intervention in Libya stoked civil war in MaliBritain cannot prevent terrorism in Africa but it can look to the model of the...
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Kabul police officers killed in Taliban suicide attack
At least eight officers and insurgents killed after Taliban storm police headquarters and fire rockets at Nato forcesFive suicide bombers stormed Kabul's lightly guarded traffic police headquarters on...
View ArticleAlgeria hostage crisis: British survivor describes ordeal - video
Back at home in Aberdeen, British survivor of the Algerian hostage crisis Alan Wright describes how he escaped his captors
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French and Malian troops enter Diabaly after jihadists retreat
Malian army officers warn local population may still be loyal to Islamist fighters taking refuge in surrounding forestsFrench and Malian troops have entered the contested town of Diabaly in the west of...
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Algeria's response to the hostage crisis raises serious questions | John Sweeney
The Algerian security forces' priority appears to have been to kill the jihadists, with securing the hostages coming a poor second – and gathering intelligence nowhereThe price of gas has just become...
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Algerian hostage crisis coverage dominated by Mauritanian news agency
Nouakchott news agency, known as ANI, used contacts with jihadists to often report often exclusively on siegeIt is important for journalists to be in the right place and to have good sources, and...
View ArticleAlgeria In Amenas: aftermath at hostage site - video
Footage showing the state of the In Amenas gas field in Algeria, where 81 people died in a hostage attack, was released on Sunday by an Algerian television station
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Algeria hostage crisis: claims of Canadian leader raises fears
Reports of foreign involvement in In Amenas attack appears to confirm fears that region has become magnet for radicalsNews that the attack at In Amenas was apparently led by a Canadian appeared to...
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Mali: French hunt fugitive rebels after seizing Diabaly from Islamists
Number of African troops in country reaches 1,000, as search continues for jihadists rumoured to have gone into hidingFrench and Malian troops took control of the contested town of Diabaly in the west...
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Algeria hostage crisis: survivors tell of cold-blooded killers
Witness accounts emerge of ordeal that appears to have been planned with inside knowledge of gas facilityThe extremist gunmen who took over the In Amenas gas field last week used a British hostage to...
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UK to shift focus of terrorism fight to al-Qaida offshoots in north Africa
David Cameron pushes for tough response to 'generational struggle' against militantsA meeting of the UK National Security Council will order a shift in resources and energy in its counter-terrorist...
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David Cameron, al-Qaida, and a thickening sense of dread
Prime minister made terror 'franchises' springing up everywhere sound like Starbucks – but even less likely to pay taxDavid Cameron talked on Monday about new al-Qaida "franchises" springing up all...
View ArticleSteve Bell on David Cameron talking of terror 'franchises' springing up...
PM says threat will require a global response 'that is about years, even decades, rather than months'Steve Bell
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Algerian hostage crisis: details emerge of Britons killed
A former member of the British speed skiiing team was among those who lost their lives in AlgeriaFriends have paid tribute to a former member of the British speed skiing team who died in eastern...
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Mali: five key facts about the conflict
Media coverage of the war in the Sahel region often fails to supply some essential material. Here's what you need to knowAs the conflict in Mali escalates, the region and its complicated politics are...
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Algeria's terrorist attacks owe little to its 'pathological' history | James...
This conflict is the result of recent pressures and events, which have left militant Islamists craving political significancePoliticians and the media have raised the prospect of a "decades-long"...
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Algeria: Islamist threat to west overstated
Mokhtar 'Marlboro man' Belmokhtar and his fighters are more interested in overthrowing government than attacking westThe intervention of French military forces in Mali and the apparent reprisals in the...
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Algeria hostage crisis may be the undoing of jihadi cause in north Africa|...
Attack suggests poor local support for al-Qaida-like groups as well as strategy failings, and could exacerbate infightingHow do you judge the success of a terrorist spectacular? A decade ago, it would...
View ArticleAlgerian TV footage of In Amenas militants - video
Footage broadcast by an Algerian television station of what it claims is the activity of militants during a rescue operation to free foreign hostages
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US drone strikes publicly criticised by Yemeni cabinet minister
Human rights minister Hooria Mashhour voices rare public opposition to use of drones to target al-Qaida militantsA Yemeni cabinet minister has criticised the use of unmanned US drones against suspected...
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