On 26 November 2014, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, AU Special Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Representative and Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism and ACSRT staff members, received a Belgian Delegation led by Mr. Eddy TESTELMANS, an Official of the Belgian Military Intelligence.

On 20 November 2014, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, AU Special Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Representative and Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism and ACSRT staff members, received an American Delegation comprising of Mr. Pablo Rodriguez, Plans and Operations Officer at the U.S. Department of State, Ms. Jennifer Mergy, Regional Counterterrorism Field Coordinator, and Mr. Hichem Melaksou Information/Media Specialist from USA embassy in Algeria.

On 19 November 2014, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, AU Special Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Representative and Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism and ACSRT staff members, received an Australian Federal Police delegation led by Mr. Rich Langmead, Counter Terrorism liaison officer in charge of Middle East and North Africa.

Algiers, 27 October 2014: The Commission of the African Union (AU) is convening a two-day Symposium on victims of terrorist acts at the facilities of the African Centre of the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT). The Symposium comes at the initiative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, who emphasized the need for a forum at the level of the AU to give a face and a voice to the victims of terrorism in Africa.

On 25 September, Ambassador Reuben E. Brigety, U.S. Representative to the African Union and U.S. Permanent Representative to UNECA, paid a working visit to the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT). He was accompanied by Mr. Kim H. Jordan, Advisor on UN and Global Affairs, US embassy to Ethiopia and Ms. Jennifer Mergy, Regional Counterterrorism Field Coordinator at the embassy of the USA in Algiers.

On 23 September 2014, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, AU Special Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Representative and Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism received the newly appointed Norwegian Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, H.E Arne Gjermundsen.

On 23 September 2014, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, AU Special Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Representative and Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism received the newly appointed Norwegian Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, H.E Arne Gjermundsen.

On 18 September 2014, Colonel Fredric Derolez, the Belgian Defence Attache to the Republic of Algeria , visited the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT).

After a warm welcome from Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Colonel Fredric Derolez was briefed on the highly volatile terrorism situation on the African Continent.

On 4 September 2014, Ambassador Madeira, AU Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Special Representative and Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism and ACSRT staff members, received a delegation of the Japan International Co-operation Agency led by Mr. Hatouri Osamu, Deputy Director of the Office of Security Management, General Affairs Department.

On 13 July 2013, the newly appointed Ambassador of China to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, His Excellency YANG Guangyu, paid a courtesy call on the ACSRT.

During this curtesy and friendly visit, Ambassador Madeira, AU Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Special Representative and Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), briefed the new Chinese ambassador on the latest developments and statistics on terrorism threats in Africa and highlighted ACSRT efforts to promote counterterrorism cooperation and strengthen the CT capacity of AU Member States.