A United Nations Human Rights Office report has revealed that migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Libya are being subjected to systematic abuse, including torture, rape, forced labour, and extortion. The findings, released on Tuesday, describe a “business model” in which human mobility is exploited for profit. The report, titled “Business as Usual”, is based […]
Morocco and Mauritania have made a first step towards an electric interconnection between the two countries under the preliminary agreement they signed on Thursday in Rabat. The deal was signed by Moroccan energy minister Leila Benali in Rabat and her Mauritanian counterpart Mohamed Ould Khaled. Under the same agreement, the two parties shall cooperate to […]
The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso announced Tuesday the assassination of one of its priests, at Soro, northwest of the insecurity-plagued country, by unidentified armed men. The father abbot, identified as Jacques Yaro Zerbo, was killed on Dédougou-Gassan road on Monday, reported Anadolu News Agency, quoting a security source. The region where Dédougou diocese is […]
