Fate of al-Qaida's 'Uncatchable' Algerian militant in the balance after US air strike
Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been reported dead before, only to re-emerge and lead the infamous attack on an Algerian gas plant that claimed the lives of 39 hostages
February 2015
In Amenas murders: coroner points to security flaws at Algerian gas plant
Inquest into deaths of seven workers at BP joint venture returns verdict of unlawful killing
May 2013
Niger suicide bombings reported to be work of Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Statement attributed to jihadist leader behind raid on Algerian gas plant claims responsibility for Thursday's bomb attacks
March 2013
Al-Qaida 'deaths' raise fears for French hostages in Niger
William Hague: Algerian hostage mastermind's death 'would be a blow to terrorism' – video
Algerian hostage mastermind 'killed' in Mali – video
Algerian gas plant siege mastermind 'killed by Chadian forces in Mali'
February 2013
Guardian Africa network
French intervention 'will cost Mali its independence'
How David Cameron's approach to foreign intervention is evolving
Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy
The only way to makes sense of the problems Algeria faces today is to look back into its colonial history, says Andrew Hussey. He takes a journey through 21st-century Algiers – into a dark past
