American who allegedly funded al-Qaida held in Spain A US citizen was arrested in this Spanish city for sending money to al-Qaida's North African branch, police said. Mohamed Omar Debhi, who is of Algerian descent, is accused of sending more than 60,000 euros to the al-Qaida Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which is based in Algeria. Debhi, 43, was arrested in the Esplugues de Llobregat district, where he is a resident. He also faces charges of possessing a false ID and defrauding Spanish social security services. Bulgaria looking for Morocco export boost Economy Minister Traikov has visited Morocco in an effort to expand Bulgaria's exports and trade with the North African country. Traikov was in Morocco for the ninth sessions of the Bulgarian-Moroccan Joint Economic Commission, during which the minister also met with representatives of the confederation of Moroccan enterprises, and with the regional investment center in Casablanca. In Rabat he met with his Moroccan counterpart Ahmed Reda Chami, Morocco's Minister of Industry, Commerce and New Technologies. Employment challenge hits Tunisia To help Tunisia address persistently high unemployment, particularly among youth, the World Bank has provided both technical and financial support to underpin critical labor market reforms. Among the results achieved to date, over 2,300 unemployed university graduates were matched to jobs and this figure is expected to 5,000 by 2011. Another 464 jobs have been created by allowing students to prepare their thesis based on an actual business project, reports Global Arab Network according World Bank study. Libyan leader's son hits out at government A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who is seen as a potential successor to his father accused Libya's government of ineptitude on Wednesday, highlighting splits within the oil exporter's ruling elite. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi leads a reformist camp in Libya which is locked in a struggle for influence with an old guard including senior figures within his father's own entourage. He attacked the government after visiting the Libyan pavilion at the World Expo, an international exhibition, in the Chinese city of Shanghai. Central Sudan tribe warn of war if no referendum vote Sudan's powerful Missiriya tribe on Wednesday warned it would fight anyone who prevented its members voting in a referendum on whether the oil-producing central Abyei region will join the south in a likely secession. Sudan ended Africa's longest running civil war with a 2005 peace deal but north and south were unable to agree on the future of Abyei, which many fear will become Sudan's “Kashmir”, a problem that could reignite conflict if left unresolved. BM
