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Mali’s transitional government says it has thwarted an attempted coup, arresting two high-ranking military generals and a suspected French intelligence agent in what it describes as a plot backed by foreign powers to destabilize the state. Security Minister General Daoud Aly Mohammedine announced the arrests Thursday (14 August), confirming speculation that had been circulating for […]
A source at France’s Foreign ministry rubbished accusations by Burkina Faso authorities of espionage in the wake of the arrest of four French men in Ouagadougou early December, holding diplomatic passports and visas. The reaction came after Paris-based news magazine Jeune Afrique reported Tuesday that four French men believed agents of the country’s foreign intelligence […]
Moroccan authorities have raised security level to maximum before and during Eid celebration in a move to thwart any terror plots by terrorists at the time threats of attacks have spiked. The Islamic State group has ticked Morocco as one of its main targets. Moroccan authorities have adopted corresponding measures to eradicate the threats and […]
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 […]
French Government Wednesday agreed to extend the on-going state of emergency for further three months, but the decision could be enacted only after it is debated and passed by lawmakers at a session scheduled for February 16. The government wishes to extend the state of emergency in order to tackle terrorist threats still floating in […]