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Human rights groups call on Nigerian govt to end sectarian violence

Amnesty International and other human rights groups have condemned the recent attacks in northern Nigeria that left at least 35 people killed and called on the country’s authorities to end the sectarian violence. At least 366 people were killed in southern Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, between January and July of 2020, Amnesty International (AI) […]

Moody’s downgrades Tunisia’s ratings to B3 with negative outlook

New York-based credit rating agency, Moody’s, Tuesday downgraded Tunisia’s long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer ratings to B3 from B2 with negative outlook.   “Moody’s has also downgraded the Central Bank of Tunisia’s senior unsecured rating to B3 from B2 and the senior unsecured shelf rating to (P)B3 from (P)B2, and maintained the negative outlook. The […]

Morocco hosts launch ceremony of labor migration & mobility project in North Africa

A regional project aimed at strengthening the migrant workers’ protection was launched Wednesday in Rabat in the presence of representatives of Moroccan government, ILO, IOM, EU and Germany. In his inaugural speech, Moroccan Minister Mohamed Amkraz highlighted the Kingdom’s migration & asylum strategy, which has opened up the local labor market to legal migrants, while […]