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Tanzania bans school textbooks for promoting LGBTQ rights

The Tanzanian government has banned a popular series of children’s books from schools on the grounds that they violate local cultural values of the Eastern African country, Nation Africa reports. Education Minister Adolf Mkenda on Monday took aim at “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books, and said the government was monitoring libraries in both […]

EU plans €210 million in aid to Mauritania to curb migrants’ flows

The European Union is planning to offer 210 million euros to help Mauritania curb illegal migration to the Canary Islands, which reported a record number of arrivals last year. The batch includes €60 million to be allocated to migration management, the Financial Times reported. The rest will be invested in security, economic development, and humanitarian […]

Morocco busts 2 drug smuggling attempts, arrests human traffickers

Moroccan authorities announced on Monday the seizure of nearly three tons of cannabis in two separate anti-drug operations carried out in the cities of Agadir (southern Atlantic coast) and Nador (North eastern region). In Agadir, two people, aged 37 and 39, were arrested by the local security agents at a road checkpoint .They were on […]