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After Somalia, South African Islamic State-linked firms also targeted by US sanctions

The United States on Monday (7 November) imposed its second round of sanctions in less than a week on people and firms, this time targeting South African entities, who it says have provided financial or material support to the Islamic State (IS) group. Following the financial penalties against a Somali IS weapons trafficking cell imposed […]

Romanian PM thanks Morocco for role in hostage liberation

Romanian Prime Minister thanked Morocco’s intelligence services for their role in the liberation of a Romanian national held hostage by an armed group loyal to Al Qaeda in Burkina Faso. Following a phone call with his Moroccan peer Aziz Akhannouch, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, “Looking forward to […]

Burkina Faso bans French television “LCI” for three months

Burkina Faso’s media regulator, CSC, has suspended for three months French television “LCI” for airing wrong information on the security situation in the West African country struggling with terrorism. The decision came following popular show known as “24h Pujadas, l’info en question” in which the regulator accused the journalist Abnousse Shalmani of making false and […]