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Separatists kill 11 in Nigeria’s south-east, army says

The Nigerian army said a separatist militia killed 11 people in the country’s southeastern Abia state. Five soldiers and six civilians were killed in the attack by separatists in a series of raids to commemorate an anniversary of their short lived self-proclaimed Biafara republic, AP reported. The separatist militia, called the Indigenous People of Biafra […]

Mali: Former Islamic Police Chief receives decade-long sentence for war crimes

The International Criminal Court has issued a 10-year prison sentence to Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud for war crimes committed during his leadership of Timbuktu’s Islamic police. The 47-year-old defendant was found guilty of orchestrating torture and overseeing brutal punishments during the 2012 occupation by the Ansar Dine group. While convicted of […]

Morocco’s BCP Bank gets $100 Mln loan from EBRD to mitigate COVID-19 impact

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved on Thursday a $100 million loan to Moroccan “Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) to support local small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The loan is the second to the country under the EBRD Solidarity Package, set up to meet the immediate short-term financing needs of existing […]