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- U.S. journalist Elaine Mokhtefi died at 97 in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2026.
- She worked for Algeria’s government news service and connected its leaders to worldwide guerrilla groups.
- In June 1969 she received a call from a Zimbabwe African People’s Union representative.
- She facilitated Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver’s flight from California to Cuba and his hideout in Algiers.
- Neighbor and friend Zeynep Çelik confirmed her death.