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Morocco’s Intelligence Services Helped France Avert New Terrorist Attack

Tip-offs offered by Moroccan security services helped France bust a terrorist cell with suspected links to the perpetrators of Catalonia attacks, Moroccan media reported. The information forwarded by Moroccan intelligence services led France to locate and arrest three individuals who were plotting a bomb attack on a bank, Al Ahdath Al Maghribia reported. French Interior […]

Nigeria to plant 25 million trees to absorb CO² – Buhari to UN

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced a massive reforestation plan, planting 25 million trees in Africa’s most populous nation. Buhari who was speaking at the UN Climate Summit in New York, explained that the objective of this reforestation is to increase the carbon sink in the country. This initiative will also respond to the […]

Moroccan Rescuers Racing against Time to Save Boy from Deep Well

Moroccan rescuers are digging for the third consecutive day to get a 5-year-old boy out of a narrow 32-metre deep well located in a village in the rural northern province of Chefchaouen. The trapped boy, Rayan, is still responding thanks to an oxygen tube and water sent to him by the rescuers through a rope […]