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Moroccan IS returnees from Iraq, Syria will put country in jeopardy, Europe warns

European Intelligence agencies have warned Moroccan authorities to be on alert, pointing out that the country’s citizens fighting in the ranks of the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria and Iraq are set to come back home to commit terrorist attacks. The security of the North African country could be in jeopardy as hundreds of […]

Algeria’s obsolete rhetoric increasingly inaudible in forward-looking Africa

Algeria’s aged and ailing military regime is still bogged down in a cold-war mentality that made the country diplomatically and politically isolated more than ever. The recent maneuvers at the TICAD Japan-Africa summit once again shows the fading voice of Algeria on the continent. Algeria has squandered its oil and gas wealth to buy positions […]

Morocco uncovers hideouts used by recently busted cell to make bombs

Moroccan anti-terrorism agency, BCIJ, recently unveiled the hideout where a recently dismantled terrorist cell was trying to make explosives. The five members of the cell were arrested last week in Berkane and Nador in northeastern Morocco. BCIJ found that the group was training on making explosives in the mountainous area of Imchtassen in the province […]