Rappler's latest stories on Mokhtar Belmokhtar
At least 26 killed in jihadist attack on Burkina Faso hotel
5th UPDATE Security forces retake the four star Splendid hotel popular with Westerners and UN personnel A total of 126 people were freed including 33 wounded
Mali in mourning after at least 27 killed in hotel attack
The Malian government declares a 10 day nationwide state of emergency from midnight on Friday November 20 over the assault and called three days of mourning for the victims
Belmokhtar's jihadist group says it's Qaeda branch
Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar allegedly masterminded the 2013 siege of an Algerian gas plant in which 38 hostages mainly Westerners were killed
'Strong suspicion' Mali hotel gunmen linked to jihadists
Investigators say they found phone numbers and addresses on the bodies of the terrorists which suggested they were affiliated with the Macina Liberation Front
Algeria gas plant jihadist Belmokhtar 'killed in US strike'
UPDATED One eyed Islamist commander Belmokhtar was the leader of the north African Al Murabitoun militant group and a former chief of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb AQIM
Mali vows not to bow to terror after jihadist killings
Mali vow not to bow to terror and to punish the jihadists behind a deadly nightclub attack in the capital as local and French investigators join forces to hunt down the killers
US charges ex-head of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mokhtar Belmokhtar allegedly masterminded the deadly January siege at an Algerian gas plant
Fate of Algeria gas plant hostages, country by country
Here is a country by country compilation of available provisional information on the hostages at a gas facility in Algeria
Algeria hostage crisis ends in bloodbath
UPDATED Algerian troops stormed a remote gas plant Saturday January 19 to end a hostage crisis that killed 23 foreigners and Algerians 7 of them executed by their Islamist captors in a final military assault
