Emir of Kano Sanusi-Lamido

IS Planning Paris-Style Attacks in UK, Anti-Terror Officer

IS group is planning major, Paris-style attacks in the UK and may choose the Queen’s Birthday celebrations as target events to strike, Britain’s top anti-terror officer warned on Tuesday. Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley stated that IS is aiming at the UK and that intelligence gathered revealed that the expanding group is determined to […]

Morocco Receives First Batch of Abrams Tanks

Morocco received yesterday (Sunday) at Casablanca’s port the first batch of the US-made M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, as part of an order of 250 similar armored tanks. Last May, Moroccan media reported that the US will deliver to the Royal Armed Forces 22 Abrams this summer. The first convoy of this heavy armored tank […]

Cairo International Film Festival Kicks off Nov.27

The 35th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival to kick off on November 27 will celebrate African cinema with special focus on the black continent. Nine movies from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Chad and South Africa depicting the realities of African society will be screened during the festival to run till December 6. The […]