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Head of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Monday expressed fears that Libya could become a terrain of proxy war between Qatar and its neighbors, locked up in close to a two-year old diplomatic crisis. Fayez Serraj made the warning in an interview with Bloomberg at a time the military campaign against Tripoli launched […]
The Moroccan bureau for judicial investigation, an offshoot of domestic intelligence agency, arrested six members of a terrorist cell in Sale, near Rabat. The arrested individuals, aged between 22 and 28, used to attend the same mosque together and held meetings to plot for terrorist attacks. The group’s leader was the youngest member and is […]
Moroccan authorities seized 7 tons of cannabis resin, locally known as Shira, in Casablanca, the central bureau for judicial investigations (BCIJ) said. The banned substance was concealed in a truck and two cars the BCIJ said, noting that the seizure is part of efforts to fight organized crime and international drug trafficking. BCIJ said that […]
The African Union Troika is holding this Tuesday a summit meeting in Cairo to discuss the political and security situation in Libya and means to contain the current crisis and eradicate terrorism. The summit hosted by Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, current president of the African Union, will be attended by the presidents of Rwanda, South […]
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has appointed ex-Finance Minister Boubou Cisse as the new prime minister of the West African nation. Last week, Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga and his cabinet resigned following criticism over the handling of an upsurge of violence in the center of the country and in particular the massacre of Ogossagou […]
The World Bank Group approved a $45 million loan to the Central African Republic to support the construction of a solar power plant near capital Bangui. The project, to have a capacity of 25 MW, will accelerate the economic development of the country, according to the government. The implementation is scheduled to begin in August […]
In Mali, militants killed about 24 soldiers in a raid on two army camps over the weekend. Driving cars and motorbikes, the attackers stormed Dioura army camp in the Mopti region, on Sunday, in the latest assault on the military in the West African terrorism-stricken nation. The attacks were perpetrated by Jamâ’ah Nusrah al-Islâm wal-Muslimîn […]
A 38-year-old Moroccan woman was injured in Sunday’s terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, the Moroccan embassy in India said on Monday. Hajar A., a flight attendant working for Saudi Airlines carrier, was injured in a bomb blast in a hotel in Colombo that claimed many lives, according to the Moroccan embassy. “Following the terrorist attacks […]
The two soccer clubs of metropole Casablanca, Wydad and Raja, will represent Morocco at the coming edition of the Arab Club Champions Cup, renamed Mohammed VI Champions Cup. The Arab Football Union has already chosen the teams that will take part in the 2019-2020 edition, announcing that Morocco will be represented by Wydad and Raja […]
Tunisian tourism has scored a 17.4 percent in the number of arrivals in the first quarter of the year, while yearly revenues of the sector have jumped by 35.1 percent from last year’s proceedings. The figures were reported by London-based Asharq Al-Awsat daily, which quoted tourism minister Rene Trabelsi. The increase generated $262.6 million in […]