The Wider Image: Desert standoff fuels tensions

African displacement triples to 35m people in just 15 years, fueled by war, climate disasters — report

The number of internally displaced people across the African continent has tripled to 35 million since 2009, driven by wars and climate change, says a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC). While flooding and drought are posing a growing threat, almost 93% of those displaced, or 32.5 million, abandoned their homes due […]

Collaboration between Spain’s Guardia Civil and Morocco’s DGST led to arrest of 8 terror suspects

The security services of the Spanish Civil Guard and Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) announced on Friday having arrested a group of eight terror suspects in a joint operation. The operation led by the Guardia Civil, in collaboration with the DGST, resulted in the arrest of a group of young people who had […]

Morocco says economy resilient amid global tensions, sees strong agricultural rebound after rains

Morocco’s government is closely monitoring the impact of rising geopolitical tensions on the national economy and prices, government spokesperson Mustapha Baitas said, stressing the resilience of the country’s economic fundamentals despite the global uncertainty. The government, he said, “continues to follow the situation closely and will not hesitate to take any additional necessary measures to […]