The junta-led government in Gabon has increased by three per cent the 2024 budget allotted for armed forces, up from $30 million of last year. The 2024 budget will cover clothing and food for the troops, as well as fuel for the various vehicles of the armed forces. The increase, Gabon Review reports, follows several […]
Two Mauritanian web journalists were Saturday set free temporarily after being arrested for defamation on Thursday, reports say. Jeddna Deida and Babakar Baye Ndiaye, respectively managing editor of “Mauriweb” and webmaster of “Cridem” were handed provisional release following their arrest on Thursday after the President’s son Badr Ould Abdel Aziz accused them of defamation for […]
A Moroccan man affiliated to the Islamic State group (IS) plotting a shoe bombing attack has been arrested by the Moroccan countre-terrorist forces after failing to join the terrorist organization in Irak, and Syria, reports say. Counter-terrorism forces of National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) netted the IS sympathizer at Oued Laou, near the […]
