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Guinea: Four high-ranking army commanders sacked after attack on central prison

Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, head of ruling junta in Guinea, expelled Tuesday November 14 four Army top commanders few days after an attack on the country’s main prison to release former leader Moussa Dadis Camara standing on a trial for a massacre committed on protestors in 2009. A decree signed by Doumbouya announced that Colonel Pépé […]

Geneva: Exhibition on Morocco’s UN Peacekeepers & Humanitarian Action

An exhibition paying homage to Morocco’s Blue Helmets and their global humanitarian action is currently hosted at the UN Office in Geneva on the sidelines of the first Global Forum on Refugees. The event, organized by Royal Armed Forces (FAR), reflects Morocco’s commitment to peace, security and humanitarian missions throughout the world. It also highlights […]

Writer Boualem Sansal imprisoned in Algeria for saying historic truths

Since his arrest on November 16 in Algiers, French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been behind bars without a trial. His arrest came after an interview with a French media in which he said historical facts about the artificial borders of the post-colonial Algerian state. In a country where demonizing Morocco is the currency of the […]