Saudi Arabia promised $41 billion worth of investments in Sub-Saharan Africa, Saudi finance minister Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan said. The investments include a $1 billion development program for Africa, $5 billion for startups from the Saudi Development Fund over the next decade, and $10 billion in financing from the Saudi Export-Import Bank. Additionally, private sector […]
The US Defense Department’s military section for Africa, AFRICOM has told Associated Press (AP) that the number of Tunisian terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State group in Libya has fallen from 5,000 fighters to a few hundreds. According to a 2015 UN report, Tunisia was the largest terrorist supplier, as over 5,000 Tunisians had left […]
Moroccan security forces nabbed Wednesday five men suspected for drug trafficking, in Benguerir, a central province of the kingdom. The men, aged between 16 and 35, suspected of having links with a criminal network involved in drug trafficking, were caught in possession of 512 kilos of kif, 94 kilos of tobacco leaves and 6 kilos […]
