Burkina Faso: two terrorist attacks leave dozens of security forces dead

Unidentified gunmen have killed at least 40 people and wounded 33 others in two attacks on the army and volunteer defense forces in northern Burkina Faso only days after its military government had declared a “general mobilization” to help the state deal with mounting jihadi attacks. The Burkinabe army said in a statement that “the […]

Terror: Algerian Jailed in Germany for Supporting ISIS

A German court has sentenced an Algerian man to a year and nine months in prison for supporting the Islamic State group and for attempting to recruit and smuggle a would-be jihadist fighter to terror hotbeds in Syria. The Berlin district court said it convicted the 32-year-old, identified only as Fayssal M.B., for supporting a […]

Bouteflika Playing his Little Game of Musical Chairs again with Prime Ministers

Abdelmajid Tebboune, who was still called the new Prime Minister of Algeria, was fired Tuesday, less than three months after he took office. The decision took everyone by surprise and so did the announcement of the man replacing the dismissed PM, as President Abdelaziz Bouteflika picked for the position the director of his cabinet, Ahmed […]