Moroccan police seized 7 tons of cannabis resin, known locally as chira, and arrested 8 members involved in an international trafficking network during the same operation. This came in an operation in the commune of Taghjijt where the banned substance was found hidden within a four-wheel-drive vehicle in an area located 60 km south-east of […]
First Paris and then Brussels announced last Friday (14 February) that they would boost their peace-keeping forces in the strife-torn Central African Republic. Following a meeting of the national Defence Council at the Elysée Palace, France announced it would deploy 400 more soldiers and gendarmes, bringing its total forces in its former colony to 2,000. […]
The terror attack perpetrated on a mosque in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai during the Friday prayers recorded the heaviest toll ever among civilians in the province. At least 235 people were killed and another 109 injured in the attack on the Al Rawdah mosque, situated in the village of Al Rawdah between Bir Al-Abed and […]
