Air Senegal in Dubai Airshow Nov 2019

Niger creates new company to fight cross-border crime

Niger has just created a new Mobile Border Control Company in Birni N’Konni (south), near the border with Nigeria, to fight organized cross-border crime, reported African Daily Voice, quoting an official source. The signing of the training agreement, which marks the launch of the first training cycle of 263 Niger police officers for the new […]

Tunisia: Smuggling attempt of 18 antique artifacts foiled

Tunisian customs busted Thursday an attempt to smuggle 18 artifacts in the coastal town of Skhira, in the Sfax governorate. The customs detained a Tunisian citizen who was about to leave the country carrying 18 antique pieces, banned for trading, aboard a van heading to capital Tunisia. The suspect told authorities he was commissioned by […]

Tunisia hands Muslim cleric 21-year in prison sentence on terrorism charges

A court in Tunisia has pressed multiple-year prison sentences against four people including a Muslim cleric known as the figurehead of terror cell, on terrorism charges, Webdo Tunis reports. The court ruling came from Tunis Court of First Instance. The prison sentences range from 1 year to 21. The imam of Douar Hicher, a town […]