6:28pm

Q&A: Algeria’s Islamist militants

Masked Brigade leader: video provided by the SITE Intel Group purports to show militant militia leader Moktar Belmoktar ©AP

The Masked Brigade and links to terrorist groups

Nigeria battalion 1 troops pose for a photo at the peacekeeping centre in Jaji, Kaduna, Nigeria, on Thursday, Jan. 17, before their departure to join the African led mission to Mali, . Abuja has approved the immediate deployment of 900 troops as part of an Ecowas force ©AP 5:47pm

Mali soldiers battle Islamist militants

African troops set to arrive in Bamako as France-led campaign continues

11:11pm

Militants seize gas workers in Algeria

UK strengthens embassy and US promises ‘all proper steps’

An undated handout picture released by the BP shows their operation at the In Amenas field in the Sahara desert ©AFP From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 5:20pm

Algerian forces attack gas facility

Reports that up to 35 hostages and 15 militants have been killed

From COMMENT Jan 16, 2013

France had to intervene in Mali

Europeans cannot leave the US to play Mars while they play Venus, writes Gérard Errera

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Jan 16, 2013

Revenge attacks pose challenges for Algeria

At least three killed, seven injured and nine taken hostage

Jan 16, 2013

EU set to give Mali more assistance

Training mission seen as urgent despite new complications

From MULTIMEDIA Jan 16, 2013

The conflict in Mali

The political background to French intervention

French army soldiers stand on an armoured vehicle as they leave Bamako and start their deploymernt to the north of Mali as part of their 'Serval' operations ©AFP Jan 16, 2013

French troops begin Mali ground campaign

Soldiers set to fight ‘within hours’, says military chief

French soldiers sit aboard a Malian military armed car at the 101 military airbase near Bamako on January 14, 2013. France is using air and ground power in a joint offensive with Malian soldiers launched on January 11 against hardline Islamist groups controlling northern Mali ©AFP Jan 15, 2013

Concern rises over France’s Mali mission

US and UK fear delays to African reinforcements

Jan 15, 2013

Q&A: The strength of Mali’s militants

Xan Rice talks to Mathieu Guidère, an expert on radical networks

Jan 14, 2013

War in Mali – French intervention

Islamist forces fight back after France begins aerial and support campaign

Jan 14, 2013

Mali intervention creates dilemma for US

Washington pushed into supporting campaign it has tried to avoid

Editorial from COMMENT Jan 14, 2013

Towards Timbuktu

France’s intervention in Mali is the lesser of two evils

Jan 14, 2013

Hollande’s Mali plan upended by rebel push

France faces prospect of prolonged engagement in African desert

Jan 14, 2013

Election threatens to destabilise Kenya

Victory for Uhuru Kenyatta could undermine western influence

Jan 14, 2013

Rebels in Mali start counter-offensive

France enters fourth day of air strikes in Mali

Jan 14, 2013

Mali: Q&A

Jan 14, 2013

Second French soldier dies in Somalia

Rebels insist hostage Allex is still alive despite Paris claim

Jan 13, 2013

Zuma blames global crisis for woes

South African president rejects criticism of his record

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