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Mali: ECOWAS calls for restoration of IBK to his duties, announces sanctions against putschists

The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced the immediate dispatch of a high-level delegation to Bamako for the return of constitutional order, as well as a series of measures. ECOWAS calls for the immediate release of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and officials, and above all the restoration of the Head of […]

Sahara: Ban Ki-Moon Trapped in Own Recklessness, in Polisario’s Wickedness

The United Nations Secretary General is supposed to be a peace-maker and most importantly is supposed to observe neutrality in any conflict he is called to settle. But Ban Ki-moon, the current UN Chief has ignored his position and the role he needs to play and recklessly fell in his own trap and in the […]

Morocco launches legislative process to legalize cannabis for medical purposes

The Moroccan government is expected to pass a draft law legalizing the use of cannabis for medical purposes, ending decades of debates over the substance. The law will enter into force after approval of the parliament and after it is published in the official bulletin. The same draft law provides for the setting up of […]