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HRW Slams EU Decision to Allow Libyan Coast Guards Handle African Migrants

Human Rights Watch denounced on Wednesday the European Union decision to entrust the Libyan coast guards with the task of managing the waves of illegal African migrants who risk their lives to reach European shores. The EU’s obstruction of nongovernmental rescues and handover of responsibility to Libyan coast guard forces is a recipe for even […]

China dispatches medical team to Benin to provide medical services for locals

China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has sent a medical team to Benin to provide medical services for locals, state-run news agency Xinhua reports, citing the regional health Commission. The 22-member medical team will work in the West African country for one-and-a-half year. Yang Ping, a doctor from the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University and […]

China Eastern Airlines to launch Shanghai-Casablanca route on January 19

China Eastern Airlines Group will launch, via its subsidiary Shanghai Airlines, an air route between Shanghai and Casablanca starting January 19, Chinese media report. The long-haul flight, to operate three times a week (Tuesday, Friday and Sunday), will link Shanghai-Pudong international Airport to Casablanca’s Mohammed V Airport, with a layover in Marseilles. Flights from Shanghai […]