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Hope for jobs rather than religion drives recruitment by armed groups in Africa — UN report

The lack of employment more than religious belief is what is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the UN Development Program (UNDP) based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters across East, West and the Horn of Africa. The new UNDP report’s findings thus challenge traditional […]

Morocco considers buying Brazil’s Embraer’s KC-390 transport aircraft

Morocco is moving forward with a major modernization of its Royal Air Force (FRA), with plans to acquire Embraer’s KC-390 Millennium aircraft, according to defense outlet Military Africa. The procurement is part of a broader strategy to gradually replace the FRA’s aging fleet of 14 C-130H Hercules transport aircraft and KC-130H aerial refueling tankers. If […]

Earthquake: King Mohammed VI visits hospitalized injured, donates blood, another token of his commitment to the welfare of his people

King Mohammed VI visited, on Tuesday afternoon, the Mohammed VI University Hospital in Marrakech, where the Sovereign enquired about the condition of the wounded, victims of the painful earthquake that occurred on Friday September 8, and that caused heavy human and material losses in several regions of the Kingdom. The King visited the resuscitation and […]