The Guinean navy seized more than 1.5 tons of cocaine on Sunday from a ship flying the Sierra Leonean flag, the Guinean army said Wednesday in a statement. Sixty-two bags of 25kg of cocaine each and another of 22kg were found in the hold of the vessel boarded by the army during one of its permanent surveillance missions of the… Read More

Morocco condemned Wednesday the intervention of Israeli police in the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, and denounced “the aggression and terror of the faithful in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan. The Cherifian kingdom stressed “the need to respect the legal, religious and historical status of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the Holy Places and to avoid all practices and violations… Read More

At least 10 students were abducted by gunmen in northwest Nigeria, authorities said on Tuesday. Students from the Government Secondary School in Kaduna state were abducted during an attack Monday, however, it was unclear exactly where they were kidnapped from, said Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner of security. “The exact location of the incident is yet to be ascertained but… Read More

Between 1984 and 1985, artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol created around 160 paintings together, including some of the largest works produced during their respective careers. A new exhibit in Paris is now dedicated to their prolific collaboration. The two artists first met through their agent, art dealer Bruno Bischofberger. In autumn 1982, Bischofberger brought 21-year-old Basquiat to 54-year-old Warhol’s… Read More