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Pegasus Case: Rabat sues Forbidden Stories & Amnesty International for defamation

Morocco has decided to sue Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories Group which orchestrated the release of false press reports, accusing Rabat of conducting electronic snooping with Israeli Pegasus spyware. The announcement was made Thursday by French lawyer Olivier Baratelli who has been hired by the North African Kingdom to file the lawsuit in a Paris […]

Three Sahel military govts meet to strengthen AES alliance, seen as tool for legitimacy

Military juntas from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have recently met to strengthen the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES), pledging security and political collaborations, which some analysts describe as an attempt to legitimize their grip on power. In his first foreign trip since the July coup that brought him into power, Niger’s junta […]

Tanzania: Emmanuel Tutuba, new governor of Central Bank

Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of Tanzania, has appointed Emmanuel Tutuba as governor of the country’s central bank, in replacement of Florens Luoga, whose five-year tenure at the head of the bank came to an end. Tutuba, prior to the appointment, was the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Planning. He inherits an economy […]