A U.S. State Department delegation traveled this week to the Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla wherein they launched an e-commerce platform, dubbed “Dakhla-Market” which enables local artisans to showcase their artwork and services online. The delegation included Ariel Vaagen and Colin O’Connor, members of the U.S. Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). Dakhla-Market is an outgrowth […]
At least nine people were killed in a heavy gunfire in Guinea during the November 4-5 weekend when heavily armed commandos plucked the country’s ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and three other former officials out of a prison, prompting a successful man hunt. Camara, who was on trial over a 2009 massacre during his presidency, was […]
Eastern Libyan forces led by Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar Tuesday extradited one of Egypt’s most wanted terrorists to Egyptian authorities, a move welcomed President Fattah al-Sisi. Live television footage on the national TV showed Hesham Ashmawi being escorted from a military aircraft by heavily armed GIS forces, local media Egyptian Streets reports. Ashmawi, 41, a […]
