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DR Congo: UN peacekeepers launch phased withdrawal from war-torn east

The United Nations on Wednesday (28 February) kicked off a phased withdrawal of its MONUSCO peacekeeping forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in line with the country’s demand by handing over a first UN base to national police. The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) said in a statement it handed over […]

Counterterrorism: Another Six ISIS Operatives Nabbed in Morocco

Moroccan authorities announced Wednesday the arrest of six jihadists linked to the ISIS terror group. The busted cell members, aged between 22 and 42, were operating in the city of Tangier, situated in the North of the Kingdom. The arrest was made by the special units of the central bureau of judicial investigation (BCIJ), dubbed […]

Morocco: Military medical teams to participate in fight against Covid-19

Military medical teams will take part, at the instruction of King Mohammed VI, in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, alongside their civilian counterparts.   King Mohammed VI, Supreme Chief and Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), gave his high instructions so that military medical teams join their civilian counterparts […]