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A Bin Laden sticker adorns the tank of a small motorcycle in Mopti, some 630 kms (400 miles) north of Mali’s capital Bamako. (AP)

Morocco Beefs Up Border Security

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2013 | Middle East

Casablanca, Asharq Al-Awsat—Morocco has increased the security level on its borders with Algeria and Mali in anticipation of jihadists’ fleeing northern Mali, as a result of French and African military intervention there. In recent weeks, Algerian authorities have...

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African Union Special Envoy for the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Francisco Madeira addresses a news conference in Entebbe, 35km (22 miles), Southwest of Kampala, Uganda’s capital, March 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Edward Echwalu)

A talk with AU Counter-Terrorism Special Envoy

by Huda Al-Saleh | Feb 28, 2013 | Interviews

RIYADH, Asharq Al-Awsat—With recurring news coverage of Ansar Dine, Boko Haram, Al-Shaba’ab, and countless other militant groups, the continent of Africa now finds itself on the front-line of the global fight against terrorism. As a result, the African Union...

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Iyad Ag Ghali, leader of the armed Islamist group Ansar Dine, August 7, 2012 in Kidal (AFP)

Iyad Ag Ghali: Mali’s Desert Fox

by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Feb 15, 2013 | Profiles

Nouakchott, Asharq Al-Awsat—In early January at the Battle of Konna in northern Mali, Iyad Ag Ghali, the leader of Ansar Dine, laid waste to scores of Malian soldiers trained by French and European military officials. In a matter of days, French Special Forces had...

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar, identified by the Algerian interior ministry as the leader of a militant Islamic group, is pictured in a screen capture from an undated video distributed by the Belmokhtar Brigade obtained by Reuters January 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Belmokhtar Brigade/Handout)

Profile: Algerian jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 19, 2013 | Profiles

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mokhtar Belmokhtar has become internationally notorious following this week’s siege on Algeria’s In Amenas gas processing plant. As the siege entered its fourth day, the standoff between the Algerian army and Al Qaeda linked gunmen...