25 June 2011 Mauritania's army claims to have "completely destroyed" an Al-Qaeda camp in neighbouring Mali. The two countries launched a joint offensive against Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) on 21 June but Mauritania acted alone in Friday's operation
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Egypt’s former trade minister on Saturday was convicted in absentia of profiteering and unlawfully taking money from the country’s Export Development Fund.
