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Morocco’s plan to build major military base in Sahara, geostrategic game-changer against Algeria’s subversive plots

Morocco is planning to build a major military base in the southernmost tip of the Sahara to counter growing terror threats in the Sahel, according to intelligence reports cited by several media outlets. The military base will carry out surgical airstrikes against jihadists operating the Sahel in coordination with the United States and France and […]

Tunisia: Lawmaker threatens PM with execution if government agrees to EU deal

A member of the Tunisian parliament has called on Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to walk away from a trade deal with the European Union (EU) or face execution for treason should the deal go ahead, The New Arab reports. The threat came from Faiçel Tebbini, head of the Farmers’ Voice Party, in connection with a […]

Lack of masks complicates Algeria’s lockdown easing

Algeria has extended its coronavirus confinement due to the unavailability of facemasks without which infections could surge, overturning any containment gains. Health minister Abderrahmane Bouzid has asked Algerians to make facemasks at home, a call that acknowledged the government’s incapacity to provide masks to its citizens. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Jerrad, when he announced an extension […]