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Nearly 800 suspects arrested in Nigeria’s largest cybercrime raid

Some 792 people, including many foreign nationals, have been arrested in Nigeria as part of a sweeping raid on a crypto ring that has reportedly been involved in a sophisticated fraud operation targeting victims worldwide with false cryptocurrency schemes and romantic scams. Many of the nearly 800 suspects taken into custody from the site in […]

Morocco/Sahara: Polisario Getting More Anxious as African Summit Draws Closer

As the 28th African summit due in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) by end of January gets closer, the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist front is becoming more and more nervous and agitated. The reason of this growing anxiety is that Morocco is expected to rejoin the African Union during the summit as nearly 40 out of the 54 […]

Morocco to repatriate F16 Jets from Saudi-led Campaign in Yemen over Tensions in Sahara

The Moroccan royal air force will withdraw its F16 fighter jets taking part in the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis in Yemen as the Moroccan army is placed on high alert following the recent tensions with the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists in the north-west of the Sahara territory, Ledesk.com said. Citing sources from the royal air […]