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Amid energy crisis, EU gives gas-rich Mozambique’s security big boost

The European Union is planning a five-fold increase in financial support to 2024 for the mission of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) in Mozambique, according to an internal EU document, as Islamist attacks threaten gas projects meant to reduce the EU’s reliance on Russian energy. The SADC mission — a bloc of 16 African […]

Amnesty International Slams Restrictions of Freedoms in Algeria

Amnesty International had denounced the continued restrictions imposed by Algerian authorities on the rights to freedom of expression, association, assembly and religion. In its annual report 2016-17 on the state of human rights in the world, AI decried the prosecution in Algeria of peaceful critics, including human rights defenders, in unfair trials, and the forced […]

Morocco detains four allegedly involved in international drug, organ trafficking between kingdom & Turkey

Moroccan police have arrested four people suspected of involvement in an international drug and organ trafficking network operating in particular between Morocco and Turkey, the country’s security directorate DGSN said. The operation occurred in the wake of an investigation after an announcement was published on social media proposing kidney removal “in private clinics abroad for […]