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Algeria fails to get Paris-based Kabyle independence leader extradited

French police has let go  one of the outspoken leaders of the Kabyle independence movement, known as MAK, wanted by Algiers. Aksel Bellabaci has been interrogated by the French police in Paris following an arrest warrant filed by Algeria, which accuses the Kabyle activist of igniting fires in Kabyle region in 2021. The failure to […]

US Confirms sale of PATRIOT missiles to Morocco 

The US International Trade Administration confirmed the sale of PATRIOT Air Defense systems and G550 reconnaissance aircraft to Morocco. The US agency however did not offer details on the value or quantity of the sale, but it recalled that Morocco is the largest buyer of US arms in the African continent. It recalled that Morocco […]

Somalia: scores killed in a foiled beachside hotel siege claimed by Al-Shabab

Somali security forces have brought an end to a six-hour siege of a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, during which at least six civilians were killed and 10 wounded. Responsibility for the Friday evening’s attack on the popular, upmarket Pearl Restaurant was claimed by the armed group al-Shabab, the Somali Police Force said on […]