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UN SG ‘Outraged’, AU & International Community Condemn Attacks on Peacekeepers in CAR

The death Saturday of a second Moroccan peacekeeper operating under the umbrella of the UN mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was strongly denounced by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The attack in the city of Bangassou also claimed the lives of civilians. “The Secretary-General is outraged by the attacks perpetrated by suspected anti-Balaka […]

Morocco: Arrest of 3 ISIS-affiliated suspects, allegedly involved in homicide of police officer (DGSN)

Elements of the prefectural service of the Casablanca judicial police have arrested, on Wednesday, in close coordination with the national brigade of the judicial police and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), three extremists affiliated to the terrorist organization Daech, for their alleged involvement in the intentional homicide of a policeman on duty, in […]

Changing Geopolitics of the Gaza Strip and Egypt’s Predicament

New Geopolitical Realities The escalating violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel, in which scores of Palestinians and Israelis have so far been killed, is being played out against a fast changing geopolitical setting. The current Israel-Gaza clash is the largest since Israel’s war in Gaza in 2008-2009, when Hamas was a political pariah […]