Eight family members of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have left Algeria for the Egyptian capital Cairo, a media report said Monday.

Algeria’s Arabic daily El Khabar, quoting a source, said the eight family members left Algeria for Cairo on Saturday via the Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algiers. More >

The United States vowed Monday to bolster cooperation with Algeria in fighting terrorism after twin suicide bombings at a military academy in the North African country left 18 people dead.

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The rebel flag was flying on Monday over the Libyan embassy in neighboring Algeria, a mission that had until now been loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

A Reuters reporter outside the embassy said she could see the red, green and black flag of the rebel movement flying over the building, with a black flag alongside it. An embassy worker declined to comment.

Algeria says it wants the world to stop paying ransom to hostage-takers, just as terrorism is growing in the desert Sahel region.

The official Algerian press agency says Rezzag Bara, the terrorism adviser to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, held talks Sunday and Monday with Britain’s Maj. Gen. Robin Searby, in which he also warned of the risks conflict in neighboring Libya had to the stability of the Sahel region. More >

A judge on Monday handed 12-year jail terms to two men convicted of killing popular Algerian singer Lounes Matoub, an avid Berber campaigner.

Matoub, who was known for promoting Berber culture and seeking official recognition for his people and their language, was gunned down aged 42 near the Kabylie region’s capital Tizi Ouzou, east of Algiers, on June 25, 1998. More >

Algeria may have been praised and also welcomed as a mediator by Seif al Islam Al Qathafi in an interview on El Akhbar newspaper, but Libya’s rebel council is far from happy with its role. It issued a blunt warning to Libya’s neighbour, insisting that it must “stop supporting Al Qathafi.” More >

Algiers – An Algerian soldier was killed and three wounded Monday by a roadside bomb about 150 kilometres south-east of the capital Algiers.

The bomb exploded as the soldiers were passing in a military convoy.

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