Libya: Benghazi has fallen to Haftar’s LNA

Head of Libyan National Army (LNA) opposed to UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli Wednesday announced victory over militant groups and other fighters in the country’s second city of Benghazi, three year after launching fighting to liberate the cradle of the Libyan 2011 revolution. Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar announced the liberation of the […]

Morocco offers 3000 legal cannabis farming permits in 2024

The national authority for the regulation of cannabis-related activities (ANRAC) offered 3000 this year, for the production, processing, and import of cannabis-related products compared to just 609 last year. The number of farmers who received farming permits rose to 2600 in the provinces of Taounate, Chaouen, Al Hoceima, while 200 permits were delivered to activities […]

EU to deploy military force to Mozambique; Rwanda, SADC also send troops to fight rebels

Mozambique’s ability to adequately fund government ministries – including its military – has been hamstrung by tight fiscal rules imposed by the International Monetary Fund as conditions for granting loans. Now, Maputo must reluctantly invite foreign forces onto its territory, something its fiercely independent government has long resisted doing. The European Union has created a […]