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Mozambique: illicit trade in ‘conflict timber’ smuggled to China funds insurgency, EIA warns

Timber smuggling, estimated to be worth $23 million a year, from Mozambique’s ancient forests to China is helping to fund the country’s Islamic-State linked militants operating in its northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, according to a new report by Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), A multi-year investigation by the NGO, which campaigns against alleged environmental crime, […]

COP-27: Morocco’s King leadership hailed by high-level meeting of three African Climate Commissions

The high-level meeting of the three African Climate Commissions has praised the leadership of King Mohammed VI and Morocco’s noteworthy support on the sidelines of the COP-27 climate change summit currently held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. In a press release issued at the end of the high-level meeting, participants recognized Morocco’s role and contributions […]

Tunisia: Security chief, three terrorists, including two Algerians, killed in exchange of fire

Three terrorists, including two Algerians, were killed Monday in Hidra, governorate of Kasserine, in a proactive operation involving National Guard and national army units, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said in a press release.   Chief of Hidra National Guard district, Lieutenant Néjib Allah Cherni, was killed in the exchange of fire.   This proactive operation […]