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Over 37,000 Migrants Abandoned by Algeria in Desert Border with Niger

Algeria has been slammed for summary expulsions of more than 37,000 migrants in the desert border with Niger between 2014 and 2018. Algeria’s interior ministry confirmed the figure but claimed that the abandoned migrants were displaced to the border by virtue of an agreement with Niger’s authorities. Human rights groups however hold Algeria responsible for […]

From Algiers, Arab League calls for safeguarding unity of Arab states

Curtain fell on the Arab League summit with a declaration stressing the need for safeguarding the unity and territorial integrity of Arab states. The Arab League urged its members in its final declaration to work together to foster the national security of Arab states in its political, economic, food and energy dimensions, while ensuring a […]

Seizure of nearly 18 kg of cocaine at Casablanca airport, 2 Sub-Saharan nationals arrested

Police at the Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport seized this Wednesday 17.7 kg of cocaine and arrested two sub-Saharan nationals for their alleged involvement in this international cocaine trafficking. The suspects, aged 31 and 33, were arrested immediately upon their arrival at the airport. They were coming “from a Central African country,” said a statement […]