UN, ICC to investigate massacre of villagers in Mali

United Nations human rights experts have arrived in Mali to investigate last weekend’s horrific extermination of at least 157 villagers in the central region of the war-torn nation. Armed men wearing traditional Dogon hunters’ clothing surrounded the village at dawn last weekend before attacking people in their homes in Ogossagou in the Mopti region. The […]

Morocco and Nigeria Set for WAFCON 2025 Final Clash After Dramatic Semifinal Victories

Morocco secured on Tuesday, July 22, a historic place in the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final after a tense 1-1 draw against Ghana ended in a 4-2 penalty shootout triumph. The breakthrough came when Stella Nyamekye scored for Ghana in the 26th minute, capitalising on a rebound from Josephine Bonsu’s header. Morocco […]

Mauritania-Morocco: End of Tension between Nouakchott & Rabat?

A number of recent developments noticed both in Mauritania and Morocco have heralded normalization of diplomatic ties between the two Maghreb countries following a recent tension in their relations, after a change in Mauritania’s stand vis-à-vis the Polisario Front, which disputes Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara territory. One strong signal of a thaw in […]