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Floods kill five in northern Algeria

Heavy snowfall in northeastern Algeria propelled floods that took the life of five people and blocked several roads. “All the victims have been retrieved over the last 48 hours after being swept away by waters in Annaba, El Tarf, Tizi Ouzou and Tipaza,” the civil protection body said. About 100 people have been rescued as […]

Tunisia: Two terrorists blow themselves up amid confrontation with security forces

Two terrorists Thursday killed themselves by letting go off their subside-belts as security forces launched an assault on their hideout in the central region of Sidi Bouzid, the interior ministry told media. National security spokesman WalidHkima told AFP that security forces from National Unit for the Investigation of Terrorist Crimes raided upon a tipoff a […]

Morocco is not a cyber jungle, defense administration tells Amnesty

The department in charge of cyber security, an offshoot of the defense administration, rejected Amnesty’s allegations about a Moroccan journalist being snooped on by an Israeli software saying that Morocco has a national cyber security strategy. In an article on Arabic speaking Al Ahdath daily, the administration recalled that Amnesty fell short of presenting hard […]