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UK Foreign Affairs Committee brands Libyan Central Bank Governor financier of militias, gangsters

The UK Foreign Affairs Committee has labelled Saddek Elkaber, the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) “well-known financier of militias and gangsters” who runs a “troubled organization.” The committee’s bashing of the Libyan official comes after a meeting between Elkaber and Governor of Bank of England Andrew Bailey in July, Libya Update reports. […]

Authorities avert a plan to brand Moroccan city’s streets after Wahabi preachers

Moroccans should watch out who they elect in local elections because some elected officials may tend to transpose their beliefs and ideologies on the public space as was the case recently in Temara, near Rabat, when a mayor named alleys and streets after Wahabi preachers known for their extremism. Morocco which follows the path of […]

US counter-terrorism official raises alarm about jihadist expansion in Africa

A senior US counterterrorism official has raised alarms about the increasing threat posed by global jihadist groups, warning that they are, for example, expanding their activities from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso into Benin and Togo, which had once had little exposure to jihadi threats. Speaking at a recent Washington conference, Sebastian Gorka noted that […]