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Namibia marks first Genocide Remembrance Day amid growing calls for reparations

Namibia has officially commemorated its first Genocide Remembrance Day, honoring more than 70,000 Ovaherero and Nama people killed by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908. The solemn national holiday was marked by a candle-lighting ceremony and war cries, as calls for reparations and justice intensified. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, speaking at the ceremony, described the […]

EIB supports Moroccan SMEs hit by Covid-19 with €60 Mln funding

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided Moroccan CIH Bank with a €60 million funding destined to support SMEs affected by the global health crisis generated by Covid-19 pandemic. The two financial institutions signed on Wednesday an agreement to support Moroccan companies to stimulate the economic recovery from the impact of the pandemic. The EIB […]

Tunisia: Forty migrants, including infants, die in boat tragedy off Tunisian coast

At least forty migrants, among them infants, died after a boat bound for Europe capsized off the coast of Mahdia in central Tunisia on Wednesday, October 22. According to Mahdia court spokesman Walid Charbi, Tunisian naval units rescued around thirty survivors from the vessel, which was carrying migrants largely from sub-Saharan Africa. Authorities have launched […]