France has asked the UN Security Council to authorize the deployment by five African countries- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – of a special counterterrorism force of 5,000 troops for the Sahel region. Presidents of the five countries — Niger, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania — agreed in February to set up […]
Tunisian authorities announced on Thursday that they managed to intercept 19 letters containing toxic substances that were addressed to public figures. The services of the General Directorate of National Security have managed to intercept these letters after a preventive and intelligence operation, in coordination with the prosecutor’s office at the judicial counterterrorism center, said the […]
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night, leaving 822 persons dead and 672 injured, messages of condolences and support for Morocco are starting to pour in, coming from heads of state and government, including, among others, from the United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the […]
