Sahara is Fertile Ground for al-Qaeda - Grendel Report

Sahara is Fertile Ground for al-Qaeda - Grendel Report:

The northern halves of Mali and of neighboring Niger, the eastern part of Mauritania and the southern tip of Algeria are now 'red zones' banned for travelers by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry, which maintains close ties to the region — a French colony until the 1960s. American and British authorities have also issued strong terrorism warnings.