News Stream April 28, 2020

US State department underscores efficiency of Morocco’s counterterrorism actions

Morocco’s counterterrorism efforts largely mitigated its risk of terrorism, although the country continued to face sporadic threats, largely from small cells, the US State Department said. The country’s comprehensive anti-terrorism strategy helped it offset the risk posed by cells inspired by or affiliated with ISIS, the 2018 US State Department County Report on Terrorism said. […]

Tunisia: British Military Batch to Train Local Forces

A new batch of 40 British forces have been deployed to Tunisia to train local forces in countering the spill of Islamic State group fighters from neigboring Libya where the group is losing its stronghold of Sirte. The North African country has been tangled up in unprecedented security challenges since 2011. The country knew three […]

Société Générale informs Central Bank of its decision to leave Morocco

French bank, Société Générale, has informed Morocco’s Central Bank of its intention to leave the country, as part of a plan to withdraw from the African continent, Central Bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said. Moroccan media has reported over the past few days that the French bank was planning to sell its Morocco branch to Saham […]