Dakar Rally might return to Africa by 2012

Dakar Rally might return to Africa by 2012 Amaury Sports Organization owner Patrice Clerc has said they may return when security is not an issue anymore.

The 2008 race was cancelled 24 hours before the start in February.

Al-Qaida-linked militants killed a family of French tourists in Mauritania on 24 December.

The 2009 event will be run from 3-18 January in Argentina and Chile, the first time in the race's 30-year history it will not run its traditional route.