The US Treasury Department Thursday placed sanctions against six high profile terrorists among whom Salmi Salama Salim Sulayman ‘Ammar, known as IS money facilitator and presentative of the Sinai-based IS’s offshoot terrorist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) in Libya. The sanctions are part of US strategies meant to “disrupt the fundraising and support networks of […]
Morocco has been selected as the only African country included in a new $303.6 million U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for F-16 radar repair and support services, Business Insider Africa reported. The contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., one of the United States’ leading defense manufacturers. This cooperation underscores Morocco’s strategic partnership […]
A crisis is brewing between the two West African neighbors, Mauritania and Senegal. It all started after Mauritanian coast guards shot dead two Senegalese fishermen. The incident has propelled Senegal to deploy a warship in its sea borders with Mauritania. Senegalese voiced their outrage at the killing of the two fishermen with hundred protesters taking […]
