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A Malaga-Tetouan air bridge starts airlifting Moroccans stranded in Spain

After Algeria and the two enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, Morocco launched this Wednesday June 10 an air bridge to repatriate its nationals who were stuck in Malaga since the country closed its borders in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus. According to the news outlet Le360, three flights are scheduled this Wednesday […]

Mali: Former PM Boubou Cissé charged with coup attempt

A judicial investigation has been opened against former Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and several others by the Bamako prosecutor in the case of an attack on state security, after several Malian figures were arrested on December 21 on suspicion of fomenting a coup d’état. On Thursday, Mali’s office of the public prosecutor announced that […]

South Africa Sends Elite Team to Probe Death of Ambassador Mthethwa

South Africa has dispatched a five-member elite investigative team to Paris following the sudden and controversial death of its ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa. The 58-year-old former cabinet minister was found dead last Tuesday (30 Sept) morning after falling from the 22nd floor of the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile. Led by Major General Bongani Maqashalala, […]