Mehdi Benatia

Morocco: 19-year old Italian wanted in Belgium nabbed at Mohammed V airport

Security forces at Casablanca Mohammed V international airport Wednesday arrested an Italian national who has been on Interpol wanted list for an alleged involvement in armed robbery in Belgium. The suspect was arrested upon landing from a Canada-Morocco flight. Moroccan security authorities had received an arrest request from their Belgian counterparts who on August 5 […]

Algerian army kills Mauritanian gold miner

The Algerian army Sunday killed a Mauritanian gold miner and wounded another one after six vehicles crossed into Algerian territory to prospect for gold. A joint statement by the Mauritanian interior and foreign ministries relayed by state-run news agency indicated that the Algerian army opened fired on Sunday morning on “a convoy of surface gold […]

President Trump hits Algerian & Tunisian regimes with higher tariffs

President Donald Trump has slapped the Algerian and Tunisian regimes with higher tariffs reaching respectively at least 30% and 25% and warned them that any reprisals would draw tougher counter-measures. In separate letters sent to Presidents Abdelmajid Tebboune of Algeria and Kais Saied of Tunisia, Trump notified them that the new higher tariffs take effect […]