Mokhtar Belmokhtar, co-founder of the al-Mourabitoun Islamist group, has denied reports that the extremist group has shifted its allegiance to the Islamic State from al-Qaeda. The information was relayed by Mauritania’s Alakhbar news website that has often received messages from the Sahara desert based jihadist group. An audio message posted on Alakhbar’s website last week […]
The Chadian police arrested Thursday at least 84 sympathizers of the opposition party “Les Transformateurs” on charges of public disorder, amid a very heated political atmosphere in the country. According to RFI reports, the police accused the arrestees of parading in downtown and organizing rallies without permits from the ministry of security. The law reinforcement […]
Algerian Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of the most wanted Al Qaeda commanders, has been reportedly killed in a US airstrike carried over weekend in Libya’s eastern city of Ajdabiya. The death of Belmokhtar, a notorious Afghan war veteran, has been announced by the Libyan government recognized by the international community. A Pentagon spokesman Colonel […]
