Moroccan police and Customs have seized 493,700 ecstasy pills in Tangier Med Port, the biggest ever bust of this illicit substance in the North-African country. Three involved persons, including a woman, who were aboard a car registered in the Netherlands, were arrested. The drug was concealed in the car’s trailer. The haul confiscated is part […]
A close aide of the leader of the Islamic State (Isis) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a US air strike on a convoy of militants in Iraq. This operation has fuelled mounting speculation that the Isis Chief was himself killed or injured in the attack because the two men were rarely separate. However, neither […]
During a major foreign policy speech to ambassadors gathered in Paris on Monday (28 August), French President Emmanuel Macron said his country refuses any “paternalism” but also any “weakness” in Africa, as the Sahel faces an “epidemic of putsches” amid a wave of anti-French sentiment. In his speech, Macron called for a strengthening of France’s […]
