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Africa/Football: Algeria fails to win seat at CAF executive committee, rulers’ isolation deepening

The Algerian regime has suffered a humiliating setback at the Confederation of African football (CAF), after its representative failed to win a seat at the Executive Committee of the African football governing body. During CAF’s General Assembly convening in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the majority of CAF administrators voted Thursday for the delegate of Libya as […]

L3Harris Technologies to fit Morocco F-16 jets with smart weapons

U.S. defense company L3Harris has announced a $29 million contract to provide smart weapon release systems to Morocco, Bahrain and Jordan, three allies of the United States. The L3Harris system gives F-16 pilots more firepower and expands their missions. The Bomb Release Unit (BRU)-57/A allows F-16s to carry two smart weapons on each system instead […]

UK: Two Britons Suspected for Funding Brussels Attacks Jailed

Two British citizens have been condemned to jail for allegedly funding the March Brussels attacks which caused the death of 32 people. Kingston Crown Court in London Monday sentenced Zakaria Boufassil and Mohammed Ali Ahmed respectively to three and eight years in prison for giving secretly £3,000 in cash to Mohamed Abrini in a Birmingham […]