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Al Qaeda is militant organisation founded in 1988 and led by Saif Al Adel. It has many branches, notably in Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and in the Maghreb

Support for rebels in Syria is declaring 'war against Iraq'

February 28, 2013

Fighters with the Al Qaeda-linked group Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu last year. AP Photo

France, UK appear headed for about-face on campaigns in Africa

EuropeFebruary 26, 2013

The Malian musician Baba Salah performs at Le Savana Club in Bamako last month. George Henton for The National

Extremists on the run, Mali free again to sing its song of tolerance

AfricaFebruary 21, 2013

Islamist rebels of Ansar Dine during their seige of towns in northern Mali last year. France fears scores of its own citizens are potential recruits for Islamist militants after arrests in Paris this month of men alleged to be intent on fighting French and African forces in northern Mali. Romaric Ollo Hien / AFP

Europe fears fight against militancy will shift to the home front

February 20, 2013

Pakistan plans 'amusement city' in town where bin Laden was killed

AsiaFebruary 04, 2013

People gather to greet French President Francois Hollande during his two-hour visit to Timbuktu on Saturday. Benoit Tessier / Reuters

Timbuktu erupts in song to welcome French president

EuropeFebruary 03, 2013

‘There was chaos, smoke and human flesh’: witness to Mogadishu attack

AfricaJanuary 29, 2013

A French military convoy passes a bus in central Mali, as French and Malian forces continue their northern advance.

French and Malians close in on Timbuktu

AfricaJanuary 28, 2013

Malian soldiers walk past the bullet ridden wall of a house in a destroyed area of Konna on Saturday. Fred Dufour / AFP

French and Malian forces fight their way north against militants

AfricaJanuary 27, 2013

A woman prays near bouquets left at the company’s Yokohama headquarters to honour the Japanese employees of JGC Corporation who died in the standoff at the Ain Amenas gas plant in Algeria.

Algeria militants' shrewd media game

AfricaJanuary 25, 2013

Filipinos who were working at the sprawling oil field in Algeria which was attacked by terrorists arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on Sunday. On Monday, the government said six of its citizens had died in the hostage crisis at the gas plant. Bullit Marquez / AP Photo

Philippines confirms six Filipinos killed in Algeria gas plant siege

AsiaJanuary 21, 2013

Men inspect the wreckage of a vehicle near the In Amenas gas plant. Algerian bomb squads scoured the plant where Islamist militants took dozens of foreign workers hostage searching for explosive traps.

Algeria siege was for Al Qaeda, says militant

AfricaJanuary 21, 2013

Joseph Balmaceda, centre, is one of four Filipino oil field workers who was wounded but survived the hostage crisis at an oil field in Algeria. Bullit Marquez / AP Photo

Filipino survivor of Algerian hostage crisis: 'We were human shields'

AsiaJanuary 21, 2013

Al Qaeda group claims wave of Iraq attacks, says Iraq is run by Iran

January 21, 2013

A image broadcast by Algeria's Ennahar TV on Saturday shows hostages surrendering to Islamist gunmen who overtook a gas facility in Tiguentourine near Ain Amenas in the south of the country. Ennahar TV / AFP

Algerian assault ends crisis, leaving 19 hostages dead

January 20, 2013

US drone strikes on Yemen Al Qaeda kill nine

January 20, 2013

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