The Paris-based Pan-African weekly magazine Jeune Afrique has nominated head of Morocco’s internal security among top 100 most influential Africans for the name the man made for himself in the fight against terrorism. Abdellatif Hammouchi, who also heads the kingdom’s powerful FBI-style Central Bureau of judiciary investigation (BCIJ), features in the ranking for his outstanding achievements at home and internationally, the magazine says. The magazine stresses that Abdellatif Hammouchi has also managed to reconcile the citizens with their police. He also introduced a fundamental change of minds and new ethics to bring the police closer to citizens. The now-powerful man and his institution had also offered tip offs in the past that helped Spain, France and Belgium ward off terrorist attacks and arrest terrorists.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 29, 2019 15:11 UTC