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An anti-terrorism operation jointly conducted by Moroccan and Spanish intelligence services in the enclave of Sebta and in the town of Nador led Tuesday at dawn to the arrest of four men suspected for recruiting fighters for the Islamic State terrorist group. According to the announcement made in both countries, the four men built up […]
The Tunisian Interior Ministry announced Monday it arrested 16 jihadist suspects in the governorate of Jendouba who were planning to set up a training camp. A group of seven was first arrested in the town of Ouez Meliz after security forces were tipped about the presence of suspicious people. Investigation and interrogation of the seven […]
The Libyan internationally recognized parliament based in Tobruk is due to meet Tuesday to approve the Government of National Accord said to tackle Libya’s numerous problems. After days of tumultuous debates, the House of Representatives (HoR) is finally going to hold a “vote of confidence” on the government list proposed by the Prime Minister-designate Faiez […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Mauritania’s real GDP growth to reach 4.2 percent in 2016 thanks to a rebound in mining production. After concluding a recent review of the country’s economic situation, the IMF says economic activity in the non-extractive sector is expected to remain subdued, with growth slowing marginally to 2.9 pc in […]
Morocco has been a beacon of stability in a region beset with strife, said NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow during his trip to the country last week. The North African Kingdom has gone further than most to thwart the chaos and violence that seized so many countries in North Africa and the Middle East, […]
The Friday airstrike by the US on a house in Sabratha allegedly used by militants of the Islamic State led to controversial statements from the country’s two political authorities. The government in Tripoli led by Prime Minister Khalifa Ghwell welcomed the airstrikes while the Thinni-led government in Tobruk condemned the raids as a deliberate violation […]
Egyptian lawmakers have addressed a letter to Prime Minister Sherif Ismail warning against announcing critical economic and financial measures likely to affect the population. The Prime Minister is scheduled to deliver his policy statement speech on February 27 at the National Assembly. They warned that “any shocking measures” that would affect the poor and limited-income […]
The ten-member ISIS cell, including a French national and a 16-year old minor, dismantled in El Jadida Thursday was planning car bomb attacks and the use of biological weapons. The initial findings of the investigations revealed that the group is not a mere terrorist cell, but “a genuine armed commando,” said Abdelhak Khiam, the director […]
Tunisian President Caid Essebsi has extended the state of emergency for another month to start on February 22, Presidency spokesman Moez Sinaoui announced to media on Sunday. The decision was made after consultations with the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Parliament on national security dominated by the critical situation at the border with […]
Predictions made years ago by many a pundit about the Tindouf-based separatists’ schemes to lay hand on the drug trafficking market in the Sahel-Sahara region have been confirmed once and again, and most recently by a Mauritanian official. Ahmadou Abdel Malek, the official spokesman in France of the Mauritanian ruling Union for the Republic, told […]