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Mauritania: Government Canvasses for President’s Stay in Power after 2019

Tensions raised high in Mauritania Wednesday as the Government went public calling for constitutional change to allow the current President to stand for elections in 2019, in contrast to current constitution which limits power to two terms in a row. On Tuesday, the Government’s spokesman Mohamed Lemine Ould Cheikh said at a press conference that […]

Protests in Khartoum reject proposed Sudan-Israel peace deal

Dozens of Sudanese protested in the capital Khartoum Monday (6 February) against “normalizing” diplomatic relations with Israel, after last week’s surprise visit by the Israeli foreign minister. The demonstrators held banners blaming Sudanese military leader Abdul Fattah al-Burhan for committing a “betrayal,” chanting “no normalization” with Israel. The protest comes only days after an official […]

BCIJ dismantles 5-member terror cell in Tangier, others in Safi, Rabat & Casablanca

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled, on Saturday, a terrorist cell linked to ISIS, composed of five extremists, aged between 24 and 36. One of the cell members had fought in the ranks of terrorist groups in Syria and had been convicted in Morocco for terrorism. Elements of the terrorist cell were in […]