Egypt counterterrorism

UK-based BII, African Guarantee Fund ink $75m pact to fund SMEs across Africa

UK-based finance institution British International Investment (BII) and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) have signed a $75 million re-guarantee agreement for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Africa, Zawya reports. The fund, according to BII, will provide credit guarantees to partner financial institutions for up to 75% of the risk on SME loans, thus increasing […]

Tunisia: IS-Sponsored Terrorist Cell Busted

Tunisia’s security authorities announced Wednesday the arrest of members of an IS-cell plotting to attack sites in the coastal city of Sousse, a year after an attack on a hotel in the city killed 38 people. The cell linked to IS was dismantled on Tuesday. It was planning terror attacks against key sites in the […]

Authorities Arrest First Suspect in Shooting of MP in Casablanca

The judicial police arrested the first suspect in the shooting of parliamentarian Abdellatif Merdas in his car in front of his house in Casablanca on Tuesday. Police seized in the house of the suspect two rifles and 12mm bullets, the same types that were used to kill Merdas, a member of the liberal Constitutional Union […]