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Morocco’s octopus season drives digital transformation in Laâyoune fish market

Morocco’s southern port city of Laâyoune has recorded 796 tons of octopus landings within a month of the fishing season’s July 15 opening, marking a strong start to what officials describe as a digitally transformed marketplace that balances commercial interests with sustainability requirements. The harvest has maintained robust pricing levels, averaging 100 dirhams ($10) per […]

DR Congo: despite upbeat rhetoric, EAC troops fail to rein in M23 rebels

The East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) troops set up in 2022 to thwart the advance of insurgents, and most notably the armed group M23, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has since December 2022 been proclaiming progress, but on the ground, the rebels are still present and still attacking civilians. Created five […]

UK Foils Iranian Terror Plot in 2015; Covers It up (Telegraph)

The British security services caught in 2015 terrorists, linked to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group backed by Iran, stockpiling three tons of explosive materials on the outskirts of London in a secret bomb factory, reported Daily Telegraph.   The explosive materials were stashed in disposable ice packs containing ammonium nitrate, a common ingredient in homemade […]