Djelfa, Algeria News

Egypt: 2 hours, 28 minutes ago Citadel Capital S.A.E., the leading private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa with $8.3bn in investments under control , announced that it has partially exited ASEC Holding as well as United Foundries Company, which was recently spun-off from ASEC Holding.

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Algerian authorities to drop charges against journalist and rights activist Hafnaoui Ghoul, who is on trial for writing articles critical of local authorities in Djelfa province.

Al-Qaida's North African offshoot claimed it killed or injured dozens of Algerian security forces in 29 separate attacks and bombings over the past two months, despite the intense military pressure that appears to have seriously limited the militants' scope.

Security forces in Algeria killed three armed Islamists in a desert ambush in the early hours of Sunday, newspapers in the capital Algiers reported on Monday.