Algeria
Algeria/Mali: Kidnapped Aid Workers said to be in Mali
Date: November 7th, 2011 |
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A Malian parliament member said that three aid workers kidnapped in Algeria more than a week ago are now in Mali, being held by a faction of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM. Gunmen took the aid workers from a refugee camp. The governments of Algeria, Mauritania, Mali and other countries in the region [read more]
North Africa: Bubonic Plague in Libya Makes Neighbors Nervous
Date: July 1st, 2009 | No Comments
An outbreak of bubonic plague in Libya has neighboring countries acting to prevent spread of the disease across their borders. Algeria has already seen 50 cases near its border with Libya and has tightened medical surveillance there. Their concerns are that Algerian Bedouin are crossing into Libya and returning with the disease or the fleas [read more]
Algeria: Terrorist Threat in Algiers
Date: January 24th, 2008 | No Comments
The U.S. Embassy in Algiers reported receiving continuing indications of possible terrorist attacks in Algiers and has instructed employees to avoid non-essential travel around the city. The report states that the Embassy “may occasionally restrict movement completely” and urges U.S. citizens to limit their travels and to avoid places where Westerners c [read more]
Algeria: Security Risks Outside Urban Areas
Date: December 6th, 2006 | No Comments
The U.S. State Department updated its travel warning to note that security risks are significant, especially in rural and remote areas, and overland travel between major cities should be avoided. Security in most urban areas is good, although three terrorist attacks did occur in Algiers’ eastern suburbs in October. The Algerian government requires U.S. Embassy [read more]
Algeria
Date: May 6th, 2003 | No Comments
The 31 European tourists in seven groups who disappeared in southern Algeria trying to cross the Sahara Desert from February through April have all been abducted and are alive, according to government officials. The travelers are evidently being held in a camp in the region of Illizi, near the Libyan border. Their abductors have been [read more]
USA-Bound Travelers from “Countries of Interest” Face Tightened Security
Date: January 6th, 2010 | No Comments
Anyone flying to the U.S. from or through countries the U.S. government considers state sponsors of terrorism or “other countries of interest” will face enhanced screening under new security measures that took effect Jan. 4. Countries the U.S. considers state sponsors of terrorism are Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria, and the “other countries of interest” [read more]
North Africa: Possible Terror Attacks
Date: May 1st, 2008 | No Comments
Algeria warned its neighbors that al-Qaeda is planning high-profile attacks aimed at industrial installations to destabilize local governments. Tunisia is believed to be a main target because of its friendly relations with the U.S. and its success against terrorists. Algeria’s oil installations in the Sahara are also considered vulnerable. The warning followed the Algerian army’s [read more]
Algeria: Air Travel Threatened
Date: March 14th, 2007 | No Comments
The U.S. Embassy in Algiers reported that it has received information that extremists may be planning an attack on a commercial aircraft carrying Western workers within Algeria. Officials have no information about the specific airline or the timing of the attack, but any domestic commercial flight could b [read more]
Algeria: U.S. State Department Warns Against Remote Travel
Date: February 21st, 2006 | No Comments
The U.S. State Department warned that travel in rural and remote areas of Algeria is risky because of inadequate security. Algiers and most urban centers have not had a terrorist incident in more than a year, but incidents such as bombings, criminal roadblocks and kidnappings continue to occur in remote areas. Overland night travel between [read more]
Algeria
Date: April 15th, 2003 | No Comments
The recent disappearance of eight Austrian travelers in the Sahara desert brings to 29 the number of European tourists who have vanished since February between the cities of Ouargla and Tamanrasset and the towns of Illizi and Djanet in the far south of Algeria. None of the disappearances have been solved, but smugglers and drug [read more]
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