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Kenya: Al Shabab burns down several houses in Garissa – Police  

Terrorist elements of the Somali jihadist group Al Shabab set fire to dozens of houses during an attack perpetrated in the night from Wednesday to Thursday in Garissa county, bordering on Somalia. The burned houses belonged to reservists of the national police in Garissa county. According to the police, the attackers first kidnapped two people, […]

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Moroccan Mehdi Choukri makes U-turn, renounces joining Israeli team

Cyclist Mehdi Choukri who made history after becoming the first Moroccan sportsman to join an Israeli team has made a U-turn and instead moved to French cycling team of AC Bisontine, Be-Celt reports. The 23-year Swiss-born athlete has resigned from the Israeli Cycling Academy because of family issues, the online media says. The former member […]

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UAE: CAFU to open shop in Egypt, first market in Africa

Emirati on-demand petroleum product supplier, CAFU, will begin operations in Egypt under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation. The agreement will enable CAFU to launch fuel delivery services in Egypt in line with regulations and safety standards. Launched in the UAE in 2018, CAFU uses mobile app to provide service anytime […]

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Algeria: Ennahar media group boss arrested on alleged corruption charges

Anis Rahmani, the powerful boss of Ennahar media group, has been hauled into custody after his arrest on corruption charges. Ennahar TV, known close to former regime of Abdelaziz Bouteflika and late Army Chief of Staff, Gaid Salah, confirmed Thursday Rahmani’s detention on Wednesday. “He was arrested by plain-clothes agents who took him to the […]

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Morocco’s King Launches New Strategies for Inclusive Agriculture & Forestry

King Mohammed VI chaired on Thursday in the province of Chtouka Ait Baha, Agadir region, a ceremony setting out new strategies for the development of the sectors of agriculture and forestry to enable the Kingdom take up future socioeconomic and global warming challenges. Speaking during the ceremony, attended by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Minister […]

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US Media Underscores Morocco’s Central Role in African-American Relations

US media, The Hill, shed light in a detailed article on the central role played by Morocco in African-American relations citing notably the convergence of views between the two countries on a set of regional and security issues, including the Iranian threat. “The US is looking to Sudan and Morocco as key partners in the […]

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CIA used encryption company to spy on Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, others for 50 years

Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia were in a long list of countries the CIA spied on using encryption company for 50 years, in a case that came to be known as the century’s intelligence coup, the Washington Post reported. Over half a century, from the 1970s on, governments and their intelligence security agencies across the globe […]

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Morocco: Police Seize 18,000 Ecstasy Pills & Capture Suppliers

The Moroccan police of the Northern city of Tetouan arrested on Wednesday a 20-year old man and his mother, 48, accused of being suppliers of a dealer who was nabbed earlier in possession of 18,000 Rivotril psychotropic tablets. The young man was arrested near his home in Sidi Boughaba district in Fnideq, Northern Morocco, says […]

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Football: Chelsea Pays Ajax €45 Mln for Transfer of Moroccan Hakim Ziyech

Chelsea football club has agreed to pay Dutch Ajax €45 million to sign Moroccan midfielder Hakim Ziyech. Under the transfer deal sealed by the two European clubs, the 26-year old player will join the English professional Premier League club on July 1st 2020 and will finish the season in Amsterdam. “We were expecting it,” said […]

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Election Fraud: Malawi leader loses election court challenge

The Constitutional Court in Malawi has rejected an appeal, brought by President Peter Mutharika and Malawi’s electoral commission, to suspend the judgement it made last week annulling May’s presidential election in the southern African nation. Since last week, opposition supporters in Malawi have been celebrating after a panel of five top judges annulled the results […]