Saudi ambassador Abdellah-Ben-Saad-Al-Ghariri with Malki

Mali junta govt launches terror probe into Tuareg rebel leaders as 2015 peace deal crumbles

Mali has launched an investigation into several ethnic separatists and al-Qaida-linked jihadist leaders for terrorism and money laundering, which also includes a probe into the Tuareg rebel leaders who signed a peace agreement in 2015 and now accuse the government of failing to comply with it. The instructions issued by Mali’s judiciary this week show […]

Morocco, a key partner in UN peacekeeping missions- official

The UN highlighted the sacrifices of Moroccan peacekeepers who served in different UN missions across the continent describing the North African country as a key partner. “Morocco is a longstanding and key partner for the UN peacekeeping operations,” UN peacekeeping spokesman Nick Birnback told the Moroccan news agency on the international day of peace keeping, […]

Why Algeria and the Polisario inflate number of Sahrawis in Tindouf camps

For decades, Algeria and its creation, the Polisario, have been inflating the numbers of the people held in the South-Western Algerian camps while preventing the UN from carrying out a head-count and maintaining a media blackout on human rights there.   Algeria and the Polisario speak of 165,000 people in the camps and stress on […]