Watching the Shadows

Gitmo detainees to fight release to Algeria

The attorney for two Algerian detainees being held in Guantánamo Bay said the two will oppose their release back to Algeria, citing fear of torture and persecution there.

Watching the Shadows

Judge: US does not have to release Gitmo videos

A US judge ruled that the government does not have to release photographs and videotapes taken during the interrogation of Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani.

North Africa

World Social Forum meets Arab Spring

As thousands of activists from around the world converge on Tunisia for the World Social Forum, the country faces austerity measures as the condition of a $1.78 billion IMF loan.

North Africa

Renegade AQIM commander killed in Mali?

Chad’s military announced that its forces in Mali killed renegade AQIM commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar in an assault on a “terrorist base” in the Adrar de Ifhogas mountains.

North Africa

Mali poised for multi-sided war

With French troops fighting on the ground in Mali, jihadist militias advance on the capital, while Tuareg rebels pledge to re-establish a separatist state in the north.

North Africa

Algeria claims blow against AQIM

Three armed Islamists, including a senior member of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), were apprehended in Algeria, in what authorities call a "fatal blow" to the network.