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Foreign companies 'at risk' in north Africa

A north African specialist has warned more foreign companies are at risk of getting caught up in militant activity connected to the Mali crisis.

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A north African specialist has warned more foreign companies are at risk of getting caught up in militant activity connected to the Mali crisis.

The Islamists who took foreign hostages at a remote gas installation in Algeria are believed to have been motivated by Algerian support for the French military intervention in neighbouring Mali.

Imad Mesdoua is an Algerian political analyst with a South African-based risk management consultancy firm, Pasco.

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He gave Santilla Chingaipe his views on the hostage situation in Algeria.


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