Nigerian agency discovers 20,000 kidnapped girls in Mali

A Nigerian agency fighting people trafficking says its fact-finding team has found at least 20,000 girls stranded in Mali. According to Julie Okah-Donli, the Director General of The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the organization has received reports concerning the stranded girls and “sent a team to find out”. She […]

Algeria-Morocco Petrol Smuggling Suppressed

Over the past thirty years, the inhabitants of Moroccan Oriental province have enjoyed unlimited cross-border ‘trade’ in petrol with neighboring Algeria. All-purpose petrol smuggling has been thriving even though the border has been officially closed since 1994 due to the murder of two Spanish tourists, who were allegedly killed by Algerian extremists. The border crossing […]

King Congratulates World-Class Mountaineer Nawal Sfendla on Single-Push Ascent of Mount Everest & Lhotse

King Mohammed VI has sent a message of congratulations to world-class Moroccan mountaineer Nawal Sfendla for successfully climbing the adjacent peaks of Everest and Lhotse in a single push. “I have learned with immense pride of your remarkable sporting achievement in successfully climbing the adjacent peaks of Everest and Lhotse, a first for a Moroccan […]