UN Criticizes Spain for inhuman treatment of Moroccan fruit pickers

The UN has rebuked Spain for the inhuman treatment suffered by thousands of Moroccan women who work as seasonal workers in the strawberry farms of the Huelva region. UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Olivier De Schutter urged Spain to urgently improve the “deplorable conditions” endured in the strawberry townships before people […]

Nigeria’s mass abductions: gunmen kidnap at least 100 more villagers in new attack

Armed gangs in Nigeria’s northwest have reportedly kidnapped at least 100 people in a new attack, which comes only days after gunmen seized nearly 300 students and staff from a school. The gunmen attacked two communities in Kaduna state over the weekend, residents and state officials told the media. They seized at least 100 people […]

Morocco: Social, economic impacts of Khemisset potash project unveiled

The planned potash project in Khemisset (Northern Morocco) will create 2,385 direct and indirect jobs, and will increase the local GDP per capita by an estimated 40 pc. The figures were revealed by the UK fertilizer group Emmerson Plc, the Moroccan focused potash development company, when unveiling the findings of a socio-economic study of the […]