An Italian prosecutor working with the country’s investigators trying to uncover the likely collaboration between charity organizations and human traffickers has indicated that he has names of NGOs, which have been facilitating illegal migration. Carmelo Zuccaro, Chief Catania Prosecutor has told local newspaper La Stampa that there are clear evidences that some of the NGOs […]
The United States and Morocco have encouraged all Mediterranean and African countries to join the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and to participate in future PSI-related events. In a joint statement issued by the U.S. Department of State and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, following the closing of the PSI North Africa Meeting, held on December […]
The impoverished citizens of Burkina Faso have missed out on a gold mining boom over the last decade, as the West African country loses territory to Islamist militants and lurches from coup to coup, threatening to turn the boom to bust. As the fourth largest gold producer in Africa, Burkina Faso has been in the […]
