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Togo to ramp up measures to curb road accidents

Togo’s Minister of Security and Civil Protection Yark Damehane Monday indicated that the West African country will increase control on roads as part of efforts to curtail road accidents. Damehane and his counterpart of the ministry of transport Affoh Atcha-Dédji presented the report on road accidents during the first half of the year. The report […]

Intervening in Mali – Securing the Sahel?

Last December, the U.N. Security Council passed a cautious resolution that outlined steps to be taken before an international military intervention into Mali to deal with the deteriorating security situation in the country. But in a surprise move on 11 January, French President Francois Hollande authorized airstrikes in Mali to stop a sudden southward push […]

Sahara: Andean Parliament impressed by Laayoune’s socioeconomic development

Members of the Andean Parliament, led by Senate Speaker of Chile, Fidel Espinoza Sandoval, have been dazzled by the socio-economic development accomplished in the Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune. They toured the city on the sidelines of the first ever joint session held Monday by the Moroccan and Andean Parliaments in the capital of the […]