Senegal: nearly 800kg of cocaine seized at Dakar port

Senegalese custom forces discovered Sunday 789 kilograms of cocaine in brand new cars shipped from Brazil following similar seizure late last month.   The 789kg were dissimulated in 15 brand new cars put in a consignment. The shipment came from Brazil, authorities told media. Fifteen people, all of them Senegalese, have been arrested in connection […]

UN Secretary General to Appoint New Envoy for Sahara

Christopher Ross, the current Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, has informed the new UN Chief Antonio Guterres about his intention to resign as his term ends in March, several Moroccan and Algerian media outlets reported. Ross, 74, has allegedly communicated his wish not to renew his term in office as […]

Morocco receives Covax vaccine shipment

Morocco has received a new batch of AstraZeneca vaccine made in South Korea under the vaccine sharing program Covax, health ministry said, without disclosing the number of jabs received.   Reports, however, last month cited the reception by Morocco of 1.2 million doses under this program to which Morocco was the first country to sign […]