French-Mali Forces Capture Timbuktu, Fleeing Islamists Burn Ancient Manuscripts

Breakaway Mali Islamist Miliant Group Calls For Peace Talks

French Language Revival In Morocco - Colonial Nostalgia Or Bridge To Modernity?

Arab Dreams Deferred: Why Morsi's Foreign Policy Reeks Of The Past

Many across the Arab region believed Muslim Brotherhood leadership in Egypt was the path to a new unity to defy Israel and the U.S. in the region. A different reality is setting in.

Hostage Death Count In Algeria Keeps Rising, Manhunt For Jihadist Mastermind

Trying And Failing To Stamp Out Corruption In Africa

In the nation of Burundi, serious efforts are being made to make businesses more attractive to outside investors. Still, it ranks near the very bottom of global transparency rankings.

WATCH: First Video Of Hostages Freed In Algeria

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, The One-Eyed Jihadist Mastermind Of Algerian Hostage Crisis

Criticism Of Algerian Blitz To Free Hostages, As It Moves Into Day Two

Explosive Hostage Standoff In Algeria: Reports Of Escapes, Deaths

France's Intervention In Mali, And The Continental Spillover

The terrorist attack and hostage-taking in neighboring Algeria is just one of the ways that France's intervention in Mali could spread across Africa, and beyond.

Islamists In Algeria Kill Two, Take Western Hostages In Raid Linked To Mali War