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Mauritania takes new initiative to fight overfishing

Mauritania is set to launch on Wednesday a new global initiative, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI,) meant to improve the management of fisheries and preserve fish stocks. The move comes following the warning of economic affairs minister Sid’Ahmed Raïss who said that “overfishing by foreign boats is threatening our way of life.” Highlighting the dangers […]

Morocco’s Interior Ministry bans use of charity for electoral purposes

Morocco’s Interior Ministry said that mayorships and elected officials are banned from using charity for electoral purposes, Assabah daily reported. The move aims at preventing elected officials from using the suffering of poor people through charity in order to wage electoral campaigns, in a move that would lift the rug from under the feat of […]

IMF warns climate change to exacerbate conflict, war-torn, fragile African states most at risk

Climate change that is already disproportionately affecting war-torn countries threatens to exacerbate conflict in fragile nations across the globe, but most of all in Africa, and lead to increased deaths, according to a new report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). While climate shocks alone may not trigger new unrest, the Washington-based global lender […]