Libya: US officials debunk White House invitation to Hafter

Some high profile US politicians have brushed aside reports that President Donald Trump had extended eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar an invitation to visit the White House, saying the news of the alleged visit are fake, Libya Express reports. Libya Express last week, citing anonymous sources loyal to Haftar, reported that the military commander […]

Arab Spring and Burma Transitions: Different Societies but Same Hopes and Aspirations

The transitions away from authoritarian rule in North Africa and Burma (also known as Myanmar) have often been compared to one another, highlighting major challenges but also reasons for hope. When Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of Burmese opposition, addressed the Clinton Global Initiative Conference in New York in 2011, […]

BCIJ Foils Latin America Cocaine Trafficking Network’s Scheme

The Organized Crime Squad of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) announced the arrest, on Saturday (Dec.15) in Boujdour, Southern Morocco, of a Colombian national, in possession of equipment he was planning to use in cocaine trafficking by means of aircraft. This arrest allowed to abort a diabolical plan aiming at the installation in […]