Mauritania’s former president jailed for corruption
Mauritania’s former president has been jailed for 15 years and fined three million dollars on charges of corruption. The move...
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Spanish police bust Morocco-linked cannabis trafficking network
Spanish police have busted a Morocco-linked drug ring smuggling hashish and laundering millions of dollars through a network of shell...
Iran denies involvement in Zionist terror plot
Iran has found itself tangled up in yet another diplomatic conspiracy – this time over an alleged plot targeting the...
Libyan Health Minister detained over cancer drug scandal
Libya’s Public Prosecutor has ordered the detention of Health Minister Ali Al-Zanati, along with several other senior officials from the...
Israeli settlers reportedly steal livestock in the Jordan Valley
A group of Israeli settlers have reportedly stolen livestock from a Palestinian farming family in the Jordan Valley as attacks...
MP killed by gunmen in Kenyan capital
The Kenyan MP Charles Ong'ondo Were has been shot dead whilst in his car in the capital Nairobi after being...
Kenyan MP shot dead in Nairobi
A Kenyan MP named Charles Ong'ondo Were has been shot and killed in a suspected assassination attempt on the streets of...
Algeria and Tunisia bust record ecstasy trafficking networks
Algerian authorities announced on April 28 the seizure of 1.65 million ecstasy pills valued at nearly 30 million dollars, calling...
Narcotics and alcohol seized in Moroccan security force raids
Two operations by the security forces took place on the 22nd of April, which saw the seizure of narcotics and...
Morocco and Spain strengthen security cooperation
Morocco's security chief, Abdellatif Hammouchi, met with Spain's new Civil Guard intelligence head, Luis Baliz Piñero, in Rabat. They discussed...
Sarkozy faces prison over alleged Libyan cash
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, faces prison over alleged Libyan financing of his campaign in 2007. According to AP...
Tunisia unveils joint anti-smuggling plan with Libya and Algeria
Tunisian Minister of Trade, Samir Obeid has revealed a joint plan with Libya and Algeria to further develop border areas...
Morocco tightens digital laws with prison sentences for critics
Morocco is tightening its digital laws with recent prison sentences for social media critics. According to government friendly Atalayar, the...
Tunisia: Plan with Libya and Algeria aims to eliminate smuggling
Tunisian Minister of Trade, Samir Obeid has revealed the preparation of a plan with Libya and Algeria that will develop...
Former French President faces prison for Libyan corruption pact
French financial prosecutors are set to present their case against former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his co-defendants, for colluding with...
