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Moroccan court dissolves Airline Pilots’ Association feuding with RAM

A Moroccan court Wednesday ordered the breakup of the Moroccan Airline Pilots’ Association (AMPL), which has been in conflict with the national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) for months. The ruling was issued by Casablanca’s court of first instance following a lawsuit filed by RAM in September against the AMPL accused of violating the association […]

Tunisia’s uphill battle to economic recovery

Tunisia has been already facing an acute economic crisis when Covid-19 propelled a downturn that cost the jobs of 165,000 people. The tourism-reliant economy has been gradually recovering from the fallout of instability and terrorist attacks on arrivals when the pandemic shattered hopes for a swift recovery. So far, 40% of handicraft enterprises and 35% […]

Migrants in limbo as Mauritania’s expulsion drive overwhelms border town

In the dusty border town of Rosso, straddling the frontier between Mauritania and Senegal, the humanitarian burden is growing heavier by the day as waves of deported migrants arrive with nowhere to turn. Weeks into Mauritania’s intensified crackdown on undocumented migrants, hundreds—many hailing from Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, and Côte d’Ivoire—find themselves stranded in harrowing […]