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Spotlight | Morocco
Leonardo set to sell its spy planes to the army

Italian defence group Leonardo is set to score a hat-trick in the Maghreb. Already on the offensive in Algeria (MC 1276) and Tunisia (MC 1282), where it is trying to sell its spy planes and transport helicopters to the security [...]

Published on 01/11/2018 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Morocco Minor league Rahhal Chriqi gains major construction favour with gendarmes and army

Morocco Mohammed VI's air force puts $1 billion retrofit of F-16 fighter fleet on hold

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Spotlight | Morocco
Leonardo set to sell its spy planes to the army

Spotlight | Morocco
Moroccan air force helicopter contract pits Airbus against US and Italian firms

Morocco
Minor league Rahhal Chriqi gains major construction favour with gendarmes and army

Morocco
Mohammed VI's air force puts $1 billion retrofit of F-16 fighter fleet on hold

Spotlight | Morocco
Reacting still distributing health ministry medicines despite recent scandals

Morocco
Rabat brings into service the two maritime surveillance aircraft it has bought from Leonardo

Morocco
The Palace makes the cover of Le Point

Tunisia
Washington to provide two armed Cessnas

Algeria
Leonardo crosses its fingers for helicopter assembly joint venture

Morocco
Saudi group iCAD targets infrastructure security business

Algeria
Defence contractors hit by panic wave

Algeria
Leonardo's helicopter and spy plane contracts grounded

Spotlight | Tunisia
The air force could get Italian spy planes

Algeria
Italy's Alenia well-positioned for spy plane order