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Burkina Faso: search underway for 50 women abducted by jihadists in restive Sahel region

Security forces are searching for at least 50 women that were abducted by suspected Islamist extremists in Burkina Faso’s insurgency-hit northern Sahel region, a regional governor said Monday, January 16. The women were kidnapped on January 12-13 while in the countryside gathering wild fruit near the town of Arbinda in Soum province, Lt. Col. P.F. […]

Morocco: Legal Texts, International Agreements Endorsed at Ministers’ Council

King Mohammed VI chaired Tuesday afternoon a Council of Ministers that endorsed several legal texts and international agreements, according to a statement by spokesman for the Royal Palace, Abdelhak El Mrini. Part of strengthening Morocco’s relations with several brotherly and friendly countries and with regional and continental economic groupings, the Council approved seventeen international agreements. […]

Belgian court landmark ruling on colonial-era atrocities in Africa paves way for wider justice

The Belgian court’s landmark verdict of crimes against humanity for kidnapping of mixed-race children is hailed as a turning point that “surely opens the door” to those seeking financial compensation for forced separation from their parents and other colonial-era injustices. In a landmark ruling in December, Belgium’s court of appeal decided that the “systematic kidnapping” […]