European Commission welcomes Morocco’s commitment to new agenda for the Mediterranean

The European Commission has welcomed Morocco’s commitment to the new agenda for the Mediterranean, meant to relaunch and strengthen the strategic partnership between the European Union and its Southern Neighborhood partners. The European position was expressed by EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Oliver Varhelyi, who reacted in a tweet to the remarks made by Foreign Affairs […]

Egypt: hundreds of protesters arrested in two-day anti-Sisi demonstrations

Hundreds of people have been arrested in connection to surprising two straight days of demonstrations in several cities against President Fattah al-Sisi accused of corruption. Turkish state-run news agency, Anadolu, citing a local human rights NGO said over 350 have been arrested during Friday and Saturday night protests. According to the Egyptian Commission for Rights […]

Mali: dozens killed in twin attacks on passenger boat and army base

Three days of mourning have been declared in Mali following attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in the northern part of the country on Thursday (7 September) by suspected jihadists, in which at least 64 people were reportedly killed. The two separate attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat on […]