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ECOWAS risks losing US$1bn in investments due to withdrawal of its three coup-hit members

Trade between Nigeria and neighboring Niger has bounced back since the West African bloc ECOWAS lifted sanctions on the latter coup-hit country, just as the president of the ECOWAS Commission admits Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s withdrawal will cost the regional bloc as much as US$1 billion. In January 2024, the three countries led by military […]

Egypt: Prosecutor Barakat killed, Sisi calls for tighter security

Egypt’s top prosecutor Hisham Barakat has succumbed to his injuries at the Al-Nozha hospital in Heliopolis after his convoy was targeted in a roadside car bomb attack claimed by the Giza Popular Resistance on its Facebook page. Shortly after the attack, President Sisi met with Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar. He called for tighter security measures and stressed […]

Morocco: 10-Man-IS-Inspired Cell Dismantled

The Moroccan powerful Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) busted a ten-member terrorist cell in the eastern cities of Oujda and Tendrara, near the Algerian border, announced the Interior Ministry on Thursday, indicating that the cell was planning terror attacks in the North African country. Most of the cell members have criminal records and are […]