Drug trafficking in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger continues to undermine security and economic development in the West African Sahel region, according to a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) that calls for the dismantling of trafficking networks. In light of the soaring seizures of drugs, especially cocaine, […]
Uganda has firmly denied reports that it has entered into an agreement with the United States to accept migrants deported under a Trump-era immigration policy. The denial follows a CBS News report citing confidential U.S. government documents, which claimed that both Uganda and Honduras had agreed to take in asylum seekers and deportees from third […]
Low-cost airline company Ryanair has accused Portuguese authorities of “unlawfully” blocking three new routes to Morocco causing the cancellation of flights for over 3,000 Portuguese passengers on Oct.31. “This is a clear breach of the EU Open Skies Agreement in place with Morocco”, said Ryanair in a press release, noting that the company has operated […]
