Japan is intensifying its African engagement ahead of the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), with ambitious plans centered on youth employment, digital transformation, and climate resilience. The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has already deployed $2.9 billion of a pledged $5 billion private sector investment package, signaling sustained commitment despite global economic […]
The trial of two ex-French journalists, who blackmailed Morocco’s King Mohammed VI in 2015, demanding €3 million in exchange for not publishing a damaging book on Morocco, started this Monday in Paris after lengthy judicial proceedings. The two blackmailers, Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet, are charged with aggravated extortion and blackmail. The case dates back […]
The terrorist attacks that hit Barcelona and Cambrils are the outcome of an extremist religious discourse propagated by unqualified Imams in Europe that leads to the swift radicalization of disenchanted youth, said Abdelhaq Khiame, Head of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ). In an interview with Radio 2M, Khiame warned of […]
