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DIICOT prosecutors have opened a criminal file and started prosecution in rem on terrorism charges in connection with the kidnapping of the Romanian in Burkina Faso, judicial sources told Agerpres. On Monday President Klaus Iohannis said…

Al-Mourabitoune terrorist group on Saturday released a video recording with Romanian hostage Iulian Ghergut, a security guard abducted in northern Burkina Faso on April 4, calling for the authorities to negotiate with the kidnappers for his…

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the veteran Islamist militant behind the Algerian gas field attack in 2013, has been reported killed in Libya. The US has confirmed he was the target of airstrikes at the weekend, Deutsche Welle reports. Mokhtar…

North African jihadist group Al-Mourabitoun said it was holding a Romanian mine worker who was kidnapped in Burkina Faso last month, in an audio message released Monday by Mauritanian media, timesofisrael.com informs. The Arabic…

Romanian citizen kidnapped in Burkina Faso last week was taken in northern Mali, a high ranking military official in Burkina Faso said, as quoted by La Voix de l’Amerique website. “The hostage and the kidnappers have crossed Niger River and…

A Romanian security guard employed by a mining company owned by businessman Frank Timis was kidnapped on Saturday in Burkina Faso by armed individuals, sources say. In turn, the site info-afrique.com, which quotes the correspondent in…

Romania ranks 9 in Top 10 of the most attractive holiday destinations for 2015, in terms of prices and tourist offer, according to a chart compiled by the editors of Lonely Planet travel guide. "The Eastern European countries are…