Rwanda, Uganda swap prisoners to end diplomatic row

Rwanda and Uganda have swapped prisoners ahead of the meeting Friday between the two countries’ presidents to resolve a diplomatic row that has led to the closure of their shared border. Some 20 Ugandan nationals detained in Rwanda were released on Wednesday, a day after Uganda released 13 Rwandan nationals it had detained on charges […]

Morocco is not a cyber jungle, defense administration tells Amnesty

The department in charge of cyber security, an offshoot of the defense administration, rejected Amnesty’s allegations about a Moroccan journalist being snooped on by an Israeli software saying that Morocco has a national cyber security strategy. In an article on Arabic speaking Al Ahdath daily, the administration recalled that Amnesty fell short of presenting hard […]

CIA, FBI laud professionalism of Moroccan intelligence services

The CIA and FBI thanked Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency, known as DGST, for its cooperation and partnership in countering terrorism. The US intelligence agencies expressed in letters their gratitude to the DGST in particular for “offering precise intelligence at the right time which helped arrest a dangerous terrorist,” DGST said in a statement. Last month, […]