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Moroccan army to bolster attack capabilities with more offensive helicopters

Attack helicopters have for long been a black hole in the Moroccan army but now no more as Morocco seeks to bolster capacity with mighty US and Turkish helicopters. Reports pointed that Morocco is negotiating a deal with Turkey to buy 22 T129 ATAK helicopters worth 1.3 billion dollars. The deal would add to an […]

CAR: Nine Chinese nationals killed by armed men, China issues a travel warning

Unidentified armed men killed Sunday nine Chinese and wounded two others in the mining town of Bambari, in civil-war hit Central African Republic (CAR). Abel Matchipata, mayor of the town located in the center of the country, told local media that the victims were working in a mining field, for Gold Coast Group. He added […]

Morocco sets up field hospital to treat strawberry Covid-19 cluster

Morocco has set up a field hospital in Lalla Mimouna near Kenitra to treat hundreds of coronavirus cases who were infected in a hotspot linked to strawberry farms and packaging plants. On Friday, the country recorded 457 cases in that cluster, the biggest single day number of infections since the country declared its first case […]