A French judge has called for a mediator to resolve a dispute between Google and French anti-racism groups over the search engine's feature whereby the word "Jew" is automatically suggested with certain name searches.
In Algeria, President Bouteflika is hoping that parliamentary elections will satisfy calls for change, but many voters still feel left out of the political process. In Tunisia, numbers are down at an annual Jewish festival because of security concerns, but hundreds brave the risks anyway. Finally, rural Moroccan craftswomen get a chance to show off their wares at a fashion show with a difference.
Thousands bid goodbye to the “father of Algeria”, former President Ahmed Ben Bella, who died aged 95. Next, Tunisia's President makes a symbolic gesture to the Jewish community, paying homage for the first time to victims of a terrorist attack on a synagogue 10 years ago. In Mali, those escaping instability find harsh conditions in drought-stricken neighbouring countries. Finally, some feel Morocco's new Islamic leaders are infringing on artists' creative expression.
The Al Jazeera news channel has received a USB key containing videos allegedly taken by Mohamed Merah, who confessed to fatally shooting three French soldiers in Montauban and four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse.
Facing criticism over failures to identify and seize confessed killer Mohamed Merah, the head of France's intelligence unit, Bernard Squarcini (pictured), has said the gunman learned his radical Islam in prison "on his own", without recruiters.
Facebook on Thursday removed a page paying tribute to Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah following a request from France's interior ministry. Merah, who confessed to killing seven people in southern France, died in a shootout with police.
French officials are under pressure to explain why Mohamed Merah, the Toulouse gunman whose murderous rampage came to a dramatic end on Thursday, was able to carry out three separate attacks despite having been flagged by intelligence.
A “polite and shy” child from Toulouse, Mohamed Merah went on to carry out the worst terrorist shootings in France for more than 15 years. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the 23-year-old who claimed to have “brought France to its knees”.
Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah was killed in a police assault on Thursday, but the dramatic events he triggered threaten to completely change the course of France's upcoming presidential election.
Mohamed Merah, the 23-year-old man who confessed to killing three French soldiers and four people at a Jewish school, died from a gunshot wound to the head Thursday after police stormed his home in Toulouse following a 32-hour stand-off.
