Malian special forces arrested a senior figure from the Ansar Dine jihadist group on Tuesday close to a central military base where he is accused of planning an attack that killed 17 soldiers. “Today, at around 16:00 (16:00 GMT) our special forces captured Mahmoud Barry, alias Abou Yehiya,” one of …

President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday expressed Algeria’s condemnation of the terrorist attack perpetrated in a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray and its solidarity with France in such a tragic moment. “It is with strong emotion that I learnt the terrible news of the terrorist attack on a church in …

Algeria and Niger expressed, Wednesday in Algiers, their readiness and commitment to further strengthening their relations and foster cooperation in various fields. “We are very pleased about the quality of cooperation between Niger and Algeria, especially in the security field,” Niger’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens …