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South Sudan President dismisses Vice-President, other Key officials

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has dismissed Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel and removed him from his leadership role in the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party, according to presidential decrees broadcast on SSBC State television on Wednesday. Bol Mel was also demoted from general to private in the National Security Service. The […]

UN Secretary General Warns Polisario of Hindering Traffic Flow on Moroccan-Mauritanian Border

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has warned the Polisario of obstructing commercial traffic flow between Morocco and Mauritania, after the Algerian-sponsored separatist group deployed militiamen in an area that is supposed to remain demilitarized under the UN brokered 1991 ceasefire agreement. “Regular civilian and commercial traffic should not be obstructed and no action should […]

Morocco, Russia start talks for new fisheries deal

Talks have started between Morocco and Russia for a new fisheries deal to replace the current agreement that expires this March. The talks will raise the terms for fishing in Morocco’s territorial water and fisheries quota as well as the financial compensations. The two countries signed their first fisheries deal in 1992 with a quota […]