Encounter

MALI / ALGERIA CRISIS Host Carol Castiel talks with William Lawrence, North Africa Director for the International Crisis Group, and J. Peter Pham, Director of the Africa Program at the Atlantic Council, about French and allied efforts to combat al Qaida linked militants in Northern Mali, the recent hostage crisis in Algeria and what steps must be taken by the international community, especially by regional players, to help Mali regain its sovereignty and to defeat al Qaida linked militants throughout the Maghreb and West African region.