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Morocco: Arrest of two ISIS-affiliated suspects

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 […]

EBRD Supports Upgrade of Sanitation Infrastructure in Egypt

The EBRD has lent €186 million the Fayoum Water and Wastewater Company to enable improve living conditions of the local three million inhabitants through the development and expansion of wastewater services. The EBRD financing will be complemented by a loan of €172 million provided by the European Investment Bank, while the EU Neighborhood Investment Facility […]

Militants escalate violence in Sahel, threatening coastal West African nations, warns report

Militant Islamist violence continues to escalate in the Sahel, shifting southward and westward to increasingly threaten security of coastal West African nations, according to a new report by Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS). Countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger remain at the epicenter of this violent surge, with fatalities and militant activity hitting […]