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Crime & drugs: New alarming trends face West, Central Africa – UNODC

West and Central Africa faces “disruptive and destabilising” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use and other crimes, warned Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). “UNODC is registering new alarming trends on drug trafficking in West and Central Africa with disruptive and destabilizing effects on governance, security, […]

Morocco Reaffirms Attachment to Neighborliness in Maghreb Region

King Mohammed VI who has stressed repeatedly the need for reinvigorating the Maghreb Union since his enthronement has expressed clearly Morocco’s willingness to transcend differences by opening a frank dialogue with Algeria. Algeria’s support for separatism in Morocco’s Sahara has poisoned relations between the two Maghreb heavyweights. Algeria has by the past rejected to open […]

South Africa: Phala Phala gate looms over Cyril Ramaphosa’ re-election

The Phala Phala case looms on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s fate amid probe on this case dating back to February 2020, when Ramaphosa and other officials allegedly concealed a burglary at the president’s Phala Phala farm. According to an affidavit, Ramaphosa had at least $4 million in cash stashed in a couch at the […]