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AU Peace & Security Council: Morocco sounds the alarm over proliferation of terrorist acts in Africa

Morocco has sounded the alarm over the proliferation of terrorist acts in Africa, which counts 19 separatist movements, and which is the second region of the world where terrorism strikes most often and, above all, indiscriminately. This came in the address delivered Friday by Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, during the ministerial meeting of the […]

What the latest intelligence change in Algeria says about a dysfunctional governing style

The installation of General Abbas Ibrahim as head of the Central Directorate of Army Security (DCSA) on December 13, under a presidential decree dated December 8, is the latest move in a pattern of rapid rotations across Algeria’s security and executive branches. He replaced Mahrez Djeribi, who had led the military intelligence service since March […]

Mediterranean-Migrants: death toll reaches 2,000, Libya, the port of departure

The International Organization of Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that the number of illegal migrants who have died so far this year while trying to reach European shores has reached the unprecedented number of 2,000 and that Libya remains the main port of departure for the deadly trip. “Over 2,000 migrants have died so far this […]