The Gdeim Izik trial was conducted according to the law, under the watch of observers whose reports stated that Morocco respected the rule of law. However, despite its efforts, Morocco is still the victim of an international campaign of defamation, led by Sahrawi activists around the world, and financed by Algeria’s petrodollars. In the light [...]
The early warnings expressed years ago about the serious threat weighing on the whole Sahel-Sahara region because of extremism and terrorism went unfortunately unheeded. Some countries, including the United States and Morocco, and some pundits have sounded the alarm many years ago as to the danger of the militant Islamist groups, roaming in the Sahara [...]
The new European mission meant to support the fight against organized crime and terrorism in the Sahel region, dubbed “EUCAP SAHEL Niger” kicked off earlier this month with the arrival in Niger of about 50 experts. The aim of “EUCAP SAHEL Niger”, initially due to last for two years, is to improve the capacities of [...]
A Nigerian court in Abuja Friday charged two Nigerians with having links with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The two men are accused of receiving funds from the terrorist group to finance the recruiting of militants with a view to sending them to training centers in Yemen. They are also said to have attended [...]
Gambia and Turkey are set to enhance their security cooperation after the Gambian parliament ratified last week the security cooperation accord signed by the two countries. Under the agreement, Gambia and Turkey will upgrade cooperation in fighting crimes, especially those related to terrorism, smuggling of migrants, human trafficking, narcotics and psychotropic substances. The two countries [...]
Six African countries are listed in the top ten of the 2012 annual world “Failed State Index” published Monday by The Washington-based Fund for Peace. The annual Failed States Index (FSI), which highlights global political, economic and social pressures experienced by states, ranks Somalia as number one for the fifth consecutive year, citing “widespread lawlessness, [...]
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