Omar Hilale

How Spain created a crisis with Morocco and wants EU to pay for it

Spanish officials and media have pressured the EU to intervene following the influx of migrants on the occupied enclave of Ceuta in northern Morocco. It also desperately tries to cover up its strategic mistake of hosting under a false identity a Polisario leader wanted by Justice for war crimes. Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez tried […]

Niger: protest held in Niamey demanding withdrawal of US troops

Hundreds of demonstrators took part in a protest on Saturday (13 April) to demand the departure of the US troops after the military junta in Niamey further shifted its strategy by recently withdrawing from a military accord with the United States and welcoming Russian military personnel. The rally took place in the center of the […]

UN warns of ‘alarming situation’ as M23 rebels expand offensive in eastern DRC

The United Nations has raised alarm over the growing control of M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with fears that the group could seize additional provinces. Bintou Keita, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo (MONUSCO), briefed the UN Security Council on Thursday (27 March), revealing that M23 rebels now […]