The AU also condemned recent attacks in the north by Tuareg rebel groups and declared "null and void" any of their statements or demands, adding them and all those involved in attacks in the region to the sanctions imposed.
The AU also condemned recent attacks in the north by Tuarag rebel groups and declared "null and void" any of their statements or demands, adding them and all those involved in attacks in the region to the sanctions imposed.
Risk premiums for kidnap for ransom insurance or terrorism insurance will be reviewed across the north Africa region in light of the attacks, says Mr Robson.
The rush of events sent governments scrambling to account for workers in the region as questions raged on the attacks.
The Foreign Office has also advised vigilance in Libya following French military intervention in Mali saying there was "a possibility of retaliatory attacks targeting Western interests in the region".
Turkey has been taking cross-border military action, including airstrikes and artillery shelling, against the PKK in retaliation to attacks by the group on targets in Turkey from bases in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
Hakura said the Turkish military wanted to conduct a surprise attack against the PKK prior to the springtime, when violent attacks tend to escalate, and when the snow in the mountainous border region leaves the fighters' footprints.
The 28-year-old said he won't do business in the rest of Iraq, citing bureaucracy and frequent attacks by insurgents, but said opportunities in the relatively stable Kurdish region are boundless.
The militants' attacks caught Khartoum by surprise, and it had very few troops in the region.
The BBC's West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says the French offensive, called "Operation Gustav", is intended to clear the Gao region of any militants still hiding there and to prevent further attacks on the city.
Preparations are also underway to extend the implementation of the Plan of Action to Latin America, the region most severely affected by attacks against journalists, media workers and social media producers.
It accuses the PKK of launching attacks on Turkish targets from secret bases in the mountainous and semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
According to GEOS, a French firm, the insurgents who make pirate-like attacks on shipping in Nigeria's Delta region are very well armed and informed about targets, through contacts in the oil and shipping worlds.
Sudan troops are now in control of the region, but if they continue with attacks, South Sudan will retake it, said Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, the South Sudanese vice president.
Officials are investigating whether those being held helped rebels stage attacks, procure arms, avoid arrest or move undetected through the region.
General John Abizaid, America's military chief in the region, said there was intelligence linking the attacks to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a fugitive extremist suspected of working for Osama bin Laden's terror network.
The US says the region is home to several militant groups involved in attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan.
Intelligence officials say the region is rife with Islamic extremists who have launched attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Since then, though Russian forces have remained in nominal control of the region, they have continued to suffer heavy losses from rebel attacks.
Many of his knights have already rushed to protect their property, fearing opportunistic attacks from King Phillip of France or a break-down of order in the region.
Qatar's foreign minister spoke out against these attacks this week when William Cohen, America's defence secretary, was touring the region.
Police statistics show that, in a region of around 1.8m people, over 1, 500 sectarian incidents and attacks were logged in the year through March, with more than 60 emergency evacuations since then.
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