The Mauritania state prosecutor Wednesday demanded 20-year prison sentence for members of the Mauritanian anti-slavery association arrested last month for “prompting armed protest in a slum of capital Nouakchott.” Thirteen people among whom 10 members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) have been standing trial since August 3. The defendants […]
Republican congressman Pat Harrigan has joined the U.S. lawmakers pushing for branding the Polisario, Algeria-backed armed militia, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) as Iranian proxies such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the houthies… The support of Harrigan adds more pressure on Algeria and Polisario, sending them a strong message saying the bipartisan draft legislation, “Polisario Front Terrorist […]
Egypt’s Tourism Minister, Hisham Zaazou, has decided not to be pulled back by the sporadic violence and bombings to promote and develop what was once a renowned industry and an important sector of the economy; Tourism. He is targeting tourists from around the globe to revive the vibrancy of the sector. Almost 2,5million Russians visited […]
