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Nigeria secures financial requirements for Niger rail link

Nigeria said it had secured 1.3 billion dollars needed to build a rail connection with neighboring Niger, a landlocked country. The news was announced by Nigeria’s transport minister Ahmed Alkali who said the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) would provide 85 percent of the money while the Nigerian government would provide 15 percent. The […]

Illegal Immigration: Two human traffickers arrested in Laayoune

Policemen on Wednesday arrested two people, including a Mauritanian national, for their alleged involvement in illegal immigration and human trafficking activities. The two suspects, aged 37 and 38, were arrested in the southern city of Laayoune, National Police (DGSN) said in a release, adding that a search carried out at a home located in Al […]

Tunisia: Frenchman killed, uniformed serviceman wounded in knife attack in Zarzouna

A 28-year old man armed with a knife fatally injured a French foreigner on Monday morning in the Zarzouna delegation (Bizerte governorate). He had previously wounded a uniformed serviceman in the face, reports the state-run news agency TAP. The foreigner was hit several times in the face, neck and chest and died of his wounds […]