The Liberian senate has approved the setting up of a special court that investigates crimes by warlords during the country’s civil war. The Liberian civil war erupted in 1989 when Charles Taylor, leading the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), invaded Liberia from neighboring Côte d’Ivoire through Nimba County, triggering one of the most deadly […]
As the European Union fast-tracks reforms under its New Pact on Migration and Asylum, critics warn that the bloc’s externalization strategy — outsourcing migration control to third countries, notably in North Africa — risks deepening distrust and failing to address root causes. The reforms prioritize returns and border controls, expanding concepts like ‘safe third country’ […]
The US defence department announced Thursday they repatriated a Mauritanian national who had been held at the US notorious prison of Guantanamo for 13 years. Although the former detainee, Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, was cleared in 2010, he was kept in detention after he protested against mistreatment. “The United States coordinated with the Government of […]
