MADRID: Police arrested a “suspected jihadist terrorist” wanted by Morocco, in the Spanish north African territory of Melilla yesterday, the government in Madrid said.
Officers arrested Mohammed El Bali, who was “in charge of a jihadist cell based in Nador”, a nearby town in neighbouring Morocco, a short statement from the Spanish interior ministry said. He was arrested under an international warrant issued by Morocco.
The ministry said it would issue further details later.
Melilla, home to around 80,000 people, has one of the European Union’s two land borders with Africa, along with another Spanish territory, Ceuta to the west.
Millions in Zimbabwe need food aid: WFP
HARARE: At least 2.2 million Zimbabweans will need food aid in the coming months after poor rainfall and higher farming costs produced low yields, the UN food agency said yesterday.
The figure is the highest since early 2009 when more than half the 13 million population required food support, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
“Hunger is on the rise in Zimbabwe with an estimated 2.2 million people — one in four of the rural population — expected to need food assistance during the pre-harvest period early next year,” the WFP said. An assessment team from the government, the UN and other food security agencies compiled the figures.
Kenya to vote on world court pullout
NAIROBI: Kenya’s parliament was recalled yesterday to debate ending membership of the International Criminal Court, ahead of a crimes against humanity trial of the vice-president starting there next week.
Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Joyce Laboso issued the order for the “special sitting of the assembly”, with parliament to meet on Thursday.
However, even should Kenya choose to leave the ICC — the first country potentially to do so — it would not affect upcoming trials since legal proceedings have already started.
Agencies
