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Mauritania’s Ghazouani wins re-election with 56.12% of vote

Mauritania’s incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has comfortably won re-election, receiving 56.12 percent of the vote in the first round of the presidential poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said Monday. The victory in Saturday’s election gives the former army chief a second term as head of the vast desert country, seen […]

Nearly 200 Nigerian Migrants Repatriated from Libya in EU-Backed Effort

A total of 191 Nigerian migrants have been voluntarily repatriated from Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed on Wednesday, April 23. The return operation, carried out from the southern Libyan city of Sebha to Lagos, Nigeria, included 111 women among those brought home. According to a statement issued by the IOM, the operation […]

EU welcomes Morocco’s tax reforms

The EU promised to remove Morocco from the tax haven grey list after commending the reforms undertaken by the country to improve financial transparency and fight tax evasion. An EU special committee has announced that the steps taken by Morocco to bring its tax system concerning free zones in line with European standards will lead […]