Algeria

Prime Minister David Cameron confirms that three British nationals have been killed in the Algerian hostage crisis and that a further three, along with a British resident, are missing and feared dead.

The Algerian hostage crisis will remain the government’s “top priority” until every British national at the BP gas plant is accounted for, vows Foreign Secretary William Hague.

Five British nationals and one UK resident are dead or unaccounted for, Foreign Secretary William Hague said, after Algerian special forces launched a final assault on the besieged BP gas plant.

Energy giants will be rethinking their presence in the region after Islamist fighters seize foreign workers at Algeria’s In Amenas field, an energy security analyst tells Channel 4 News.

As the Algerian operation continues to free western hostages kidnapped by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara, Channel 4 News looks at the events that precipitated the crisis.

Around 30 foreigners are still being held hostage or are missing in Algeria following their capture by Islamist militants at a gas facility in the desert, according to Algerian state media.

As the hostage drama in Algeria continues, Channel 4 News looks at the shifting allegiances and blood feuds that make the Sahel region one of the most dangerous in the world.

David Cameron tells MPs that fewer than 30 Britons were initially thought to have been kidnapped in Algeria, but this number has now been “quite significantly reduced”.

As the prime minister rues the kidnapping of British gas workers in “one of the most remote places in the world”, Channel 4 News looks at the life of a typical expat oil and gas executive.

An Algerian government spokesman confirms hostages have died in a military operation in the Sahara desert as David Cameron warns of ‘further bad news’ for the UK.

A Briton is believed to be one of two people killed in an ongoing attack on a BP gas facility in Algeria. The attackers say 41 hostages have been taken in revenge for attacks on Islamists in Mali.

Algerian media reports a British national has been killed in an attack by Islamist militants on a BP-run gas field in the north African country, with British workers amongst others who were kidnapped.

In the desert close to the frontier with Libya the buses unload their cargos at the new camp which has sprung up in the last 24 hours. Run by the Tunisian army it is there to register and process people coming over the border from western Liby