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Expanding extremist groups pose rising threat across Africa and beyond — experts

With the United States in the process of withdrawing its 1,000 troops from Niger and also about 75 from neighboring Chad, Western military officials and experts are concerned that violent extremist groups are growing in size and influence across Africa, posing a threat to the US and Western allies. A recent UN Security Council “Arria-formula” […]

Morocco: Vahid Halilhodžić picked as Atlas Lions’ head manager

The Moroccan football association, FRMF, has picked Serbian Vahid Halilhodžić as the new head manager of the national football team with the task to qualify the Atlas Lions for FIFA 2022 World Cup to be played in Qatar.   The FRMF finally picked the former manager of Paris Saint Germain, PSG, and Algeria’s former coach […]

Kabyle music Icon Idir buried in Paris instead of his homeland

Icon of Amazigh music in Algeria, Hamid Cheriet, better known as Idir, has been buried in Paris instead of his beloved Kabyle region after the Algerian regime declined requests for the repatriation of his body. Idir died on May 3 in France at the age of 70 after a long struggle with pulmonary disease leaving […]