Tunisia terrorism

Moroccan drones serve as deterrence for Algerian-sponsored hit-run tactics

Moroccan actions in Sahara are louder than the separatist and Algerian propaganda. The recent drone operation in which a senior Polisario military commander was killed along his militiaman should act as a deterrent for any miscalculated adventure east of the berm by the Algerian-armed Polisario separatists. Trained by Algeria to kill Moroccans, the chief of […]

Football: Morocco, Netherlands feud over golden talent Mohamed Ihattaren

The Dutch national team manager has brushed aside Morocco’s football association’s call to enroll 17-year-old Dutch-Moroccan player Mohamed Ihattaren to play for the Atlas Lions. Morocco’s new manager Vahid Halilhodzic has included the PSV Eindhoven midfielder in the national squad for the September friendlies with Burkina Faso and Niger but it is uncertain the player […]

Russia sends military trainers, arms to Niger

Russia has sent a group of military trainers and air defense systems to Niger, few days after Niamey ended military cooperation with the US. Niger has aligned itself with Moscow since a coup, that followed the example of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso. The three coup-hit Sahel states have expelled French troops and bolstered ties […]