Libya Dialogue reaches final stages amid deep uncertainty

Tunisia rules out plans to host military bases

Tunisia’s Defense Minister Thursday underlined the North African country’s unwillingness to host a military base of any foreign country following recent reports that US military command for Africa, AFRICOM, will deploy a military brigade in Tunisia. “Tunisia refuses to use its lands to conduct military operations or to establish foreign military units or bases,” Imed […]

Morocco, Spain Dismantle Terrorist Cell

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) and Spanish National Police have dismantled a four-member terrorist cell this Wednesday (Dec.4). The four individuals were arrested during a joint operation with the Spanish National Police. Three suspects, aged between 24 and 39, were arrested in Ferkhana and Bni Nsar in the Northeastern province of Nador. One […]

Côte d’Ivoire joins UN Water Convention

Côte d’Ivoire Joined the United Nations Water Convention, a treaty that aims to improve joint water management across borders. The West African country, which faces increasing  is the 53rd party to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, known as the 1992 UN Water Convention. Only 10 African countries […]