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The terrorist cell recently dismantled in several Moroccan cities was a strategic project of the “Daesh wilaya in the Sahel” to set up its branch in Morocco

The terrorist cell recently dismantled in several Moroccan cities was a strategic project of the “Daesh wilaya in the Sahel” to set up its branch in Morocco, Director of Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) Cherkaoui Habboub said on Monday in Salé. Speaking at a press briefing organized by the BCIJ, Habboub stated that […]

Somalia: At least 20 people killed in hotel attack in Mogadishu

At least 20 people have been killed in an attack by the jihadist group Al-Shabaab on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Somali police spokesman Abdifatah Duudushe told reporters Saturday. The attack began on Friday night and lasted about 15 hours after members of the Somali jihadist group forced their way into the Hayat […]

Tunisia’s President dies leaving fears of power vacuum

Tunisia’s President Béji Caïd Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 93 after he was hospitalized with a severe illness in late June leaving Tunisia in a power vacuum ahead of elections. Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically elected president following the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. A government statement called him one of Tunisia’s […]