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Mauritanian Upper House Rejects Changing Flag, Own Abolition

The Mauritanian Upper House voted against an amendment package providing, inter alia, for changing the flag to include a red strip representing the blood split during resistance against the French colonial authorities. The Upper House members voted 33 against and 22 in favor of the amendment, which also included abolishing the Upper House and changing […]

Morocco sends Fire-fighting Plane to Battle Portugal’s Wildfire

Morocco sent a fire-fighting plane, Bombardier Canadair, of the Royal Armed Forces to Portugal to help extinguish an inferno that ravaged large swathes of forests north of Lisbon. Portugal’s worst forest fire broke out a week ago in the central municipality of Pedrógão Grande before spreading to neighboring areas including Góis, Pampilhosa da Serra and […]

Chadian opposition party charges Haftar with assassination of leader

An opposition group in Chad has accused forces aligned with rebel and retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar for the killing of its leader last week, Libya Observer reports. Republican Party said its leader Gorbal Jadi Nakour was assassinated on April 18 alongside with his body guard. Without providing evidence, the party, the Libyan media reports, has […]