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Dutch, Interpol-flagged for alleged arms trafficking, arrested in Casablanca

Moroccan police arrested an Interpol-flagged Dutch citizen of Turkish origin on Thursday at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport. The man is wanted for alleged involvement in arms trafficking. Casablanca police detained the suspect immediately upon arriving from Istanbul, Türkiye, after a routine security check flagged an international arrest warrant tying him to alleged participation in […]

COVID-19: African diaspora’s remittances to drop in 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences in host countries will have a negative impact on migrants’ money transfers to Africa, which are expected to fall sharply in 2020, according to World Bank experts. The COVID-19 pandemic is a blow to the economy of the countries on the African Continent, the experts say. In 2019, […]

Morocco Equips its F16 Fighters with Anti-ship Missiles

Morocco has acquired the mighty anti-ship AGM84 missiles that will be carried by its F16 fleet, Moroccan defense news website Far-Maroc said. The new weapon will further boost Morocco’s deterrence capabilities in its arms race with neighboring Algeria. The two countries are bogged down in a cold war against the backdrop of Algeria’s support for […]