West Africa Links 3/4/2013

• Africa and AFRICOM: Neo-Imperialism and the Arrogance of Ignorance
• Gambia to destroy 2 tonnes of cocaine worth US$1BN today
• Conflicting accounts emerge over AQIM leader's reported death
• Is the Polisario an ally of AQIM commander killed in Mali? – MedAfrica Times
• Following Mali, AQIM to Retreat to Algeria
• Shell Considers Shutting Nigerian Pipeline on Increased Oil Theft
• Shell decries unprecedented oil theft in Nigeria
• Boko Haram Leader Disowns Ceasefire
• Al Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar may be 'alive’