Mauritania to supply Senegal with nearly 300,000 rams for Eid al-Adha

Mauritania will supply Senegal with close to 300,000 rams for Eid al-Adha feast next month, Senegal’s minister of livestock said. Samba NDiobena Ka said the supply will make up for the shortage of rams for the religious celebration next month. Senegal will need for this year’s sacrifice festival 810,251 beasts including 260,000 for capital Dakar, […]

Morocco to host 24th General Assembly of World Tourism Organization

Marrakech will be the venue for the 24th General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), an event that marks the beginning of the recovery of a sector hit-hard by the pandemic. A deal was signed between Moroccan Tourism Minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui and UNWTO Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili. The Moroccan Minister highlighted that the […]

Sub-Saharan migrants suffer abuse in Tunisia and Libya – UN report

Tunisia has been mistreating migrants subjecting them to refoulement, as authorities continue to round up and throw migrants in Libya where they risk torture, Reuters reported citing an unpublished UN document. Tunisian authorities have been expelling African migrants to Libya, “where they have faced forced labor, extortion, torture and killing”, Reuters said citing a confidential […]