Air Algérie loses contact with one of it’s aircraft, AH5017.

Another airplane disappears. The BBC are saying that Air Algérie have lost contact with one of their aircraft over Mali in Western Africa. The flight from aircraft from Ouagadougou to Algiers carrying 116 passengers and crew vanished 50 minutes into the flight. This is the third passenger aircraft to have a serious incident in the past week or so. Firstly we had MH17, then a TransAsia Airways crash claimed the lives of 48 people yesterday in Taiwan, and now I hear this news. What is causing this rash of air incidents and tragedies?

World Cup Astrology - Algeria and Costa Rica doing well

Two of the lesser nations of world football have been doing really well at the World Cup in Brazil and there were parties and celebrations on the streets of Algiers as Algeria qualified for the last 16 for the first ever time. Costa Rica defeated both Italy and Uruguay and made it through a tough group undefeated.

Algeria – Gas plant hostage crisis raises the stakes in sub Saharan Africa

Now, who saw this one coming? At an Algerian gas compression plant in In Amanas, up to 41 Western hostages have been taken in apparent retaliation for the French using Algerian air space during air raids in neighbouring Mali, which have also been supported by Britain. The plant is jointly owned by Norway’s Statoil and British Petroleum and there are reports that a group allied to Al Qaida have been implicated. It seems from a story emanating from Algerian media that gunmen on 10 large trucks stormed the plant to take the hostages. If you look at the Algerian national chart, one can immediately see this situation developing.