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Spain-Morocco: Four IS members Nabbed in Joint Operation

Spanish and Moroccan security authorities Wednesday announced the arrest of four suspected Islamic State group militants in a joint security operation. The joint operation underlines the close cooperation between the two counties in anti-terror struggle. Two of the suspects were arrested in Spain by the country’s security forces, the interior ministry announced. The first suspect; […]

Egypt witnessing increase in divorces

The divorce rate in Egypt is on the increase as the country registered 245,777 last year, up from 22,036 cases the previous year according to data presented by the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The increase in the number of divorces represents 14.7 per cent. The CAPMAS’s […]

Somalia formally joins East Asian Community but enormous security challenges remain

Somalia has finally been admitted to the East African Community (EAC) as its eighth member, thirteen years after its original application to join, as the economic bloc seeks to expand free trade across the region. Somalia was officially admitted to the East African Community (EAC) at the Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads […]