Tag: AQIM

MENA Integration Needed for Security

December 23, 2013

Because of the mounting security situation in the region of Sahel, closer cooperation and integration in Maghreb is needed. According to the final concluding remarks ... Read More

Obama Urged to Build on Alliance with Morocco to Face Challenges in North Africa, Sahel

November 20, 2013

In the days preceding the meeting to be held next Friday in the White House between President Barack Obama and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, several ... Read More

Again an Impasse: Tunisian Talks ‘Suspended’ over PM Nomination

November 8, 2013

The UGTT (Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail) union federation – which represents hundreds of thousands of Tunisian workers – mediating Tunisia's political crisis announced Tuesday ... Read More

Is Algeria the Odd One Out in the Arab Spring?

August 21, 2013

In many ways, it appears as if Algeria is weathering the Arab Spring fairly well. Despite its sheer size, it has dodged the cycle of ... Read More

Morocco’s unwavering struggle against terrorism led to arrest of four

August 16, 2013

Though the al-Qaeda has been decimated at its epicenter and its leader killed, its regional affiliates such as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and ... Read More

The Rise of Ansar al-Sharia in Mauritania

June 28, 2013

Mauritania like some other countries in the Maghreb region is experiencing a rise in strength of the political arm of AQIM (Al Qaeda in Islamic ... Read More

The Sahara/Sahel Perilous Desert, a Terrorism Breeding Ground

June 1, 2013

Many security pundits have repeatedly warned that the political unrest, the eroding security situation and the flourishing weapons, human and drug trafficking in the Sahel/Sahara ... Read More

French Embassy Attack in Tripoli, Challenges Libya’s Security

April 24, 2013

The terrorist bombing that hit lately French embassy in Tripoli has tested the Libyan security apparatus and showed its vulnerability as the North African country ... Read More

Algeria: Imams Set up Union to Counter Salafists

April 4, 2013

Algerian imams have been authorized to set up their own trade union that will stand as the advocate and protector of the Sunni Islam practiced ... Read More

Algerian Djamel Okacha Takes Over Control of AQIM in Northern Mali

March 25, 2013

Algerian Islamist extremist Djamel Okacha has become the new commander of operations of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Northern Mali, replacing Abu ... Read More