Qatar considering tented desert camps for 2022 World Cup fans

Qatar may house thousands of football fans in Bedouin-style tents in desert areas close to stadiums during the 2022 World Cup, as tumbling oil prices have forced the tiny Gulf state to delay projects, including building hotels. Most of the expected 500,000 fans are expected to stay in hotels and apartments but contrary to Qatars World Cup bid in 2010, when it said it would create more than 55,000 rooms, authorities said in January that 46,000 rooms would be ready. Mar 22, 2016

Ivory Coast shooting: CCTV video shows moment of attack

Hotel security camera video captured scenes of an al Qaeda attack on a beach resort town in Ivory Coast on 13 March. Gunmen from al Qaedas North African branch killed 18 people at Grand Bassam, the latest in a string of deadly attacks that have confirmed the Islamists growing reach in West Africa. Mar 15, 2016