Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) arrested this Wednesday two suspects for their alleged links to a terror cell affiliated to the ISIS terrorist group. The two suspects, both aged 23, were arrested in two separate operations in Benguerir and Douar Sidi Kroum, two towns in the Marrakech-Safi region, said the BCIJ in a […]
The UN Special Representative for Libya Ghassan Salamé pointed to the violence in the capital, Tripoli, that began on August 26 as shattering “the façade of calm that had prevailed since May 2017,” relaying that tanks and heavy artillery were deployed into residential neighborhoods, leaving 61 Libyans dead and injuring nearly 160. “Many of those […]
BMCE Bank of Africa, the third largest bank in Morocco, said it will be called Bank of Africa as of next September, an appellation that underscores the African ambition of the group. The new name was unveiled by BMCE CEO Othman Benjelloun who said that the Bank aspires to develop its business including in the […]
