Spanish FM Arancha Gonzalez

Mauritania: Investigations ordered against ex-leader Abdelaziz over corruption, mismanagement allegations

Mauritania’s top prosecution Thursday said it ordered an investigation against former President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz and his entourage after it received a report by a nine-member commission tasked with shedding light on corruption allegations and the country’s management during the 11-year rule of the former strongman. Abdelaziz who left power in August last year, has […]

British Parliamentary delegation visits Dakhla

The members of a British parliamentary delegation, on a working visit to Morocco, made a trip the Dakhla to get informed about the development dynamics in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region. The members of the delegation, led by chairperson of the UK-Morocco Parliamentary Friendship Group, Heather Wheeler, made field visits to learn more about the potential […]

Chad at crossroads: mass opposition arrests show closing political space ahead of referendum

Despite the upcoming referendum in Chad, the opposition in the landlocked Sahelian country still faces arrest, intimidation, and threats even one year from the bloody repression of protest against military rule. Following the death of Chad’s long-time leader Idriss Déby Itno in April 2021, his son, young and at that time three-star general, Mahamat Idriss […]