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UN-C24: Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Sahara gains more global praise; Polisario gets more international rebuke

The autonomy plan put forward by Morocco for a lasting resolution of the Sahara conflict continues to gain growing international support, being described as the best and pragmatic solution, while the armed Polisario militias continue to receive global condemnation for serious human rights violations and crimes committed in the Tindouf camps in Algeria. Addressing members […]

World Bank to resume partnership with Tunisia after two-month hiatus

The World Bank announced Wednesday the resumption of its partnership with Tunisia, two months after suspending cooperation with the North African country following President Kais Saied’s remarks on Sub-Saharan African migrants deemed racist. Tunisia and the Washington-based institution prior March were in talks for a $500 million program encompassing direct support to the hardest-hit families […]

Italy Dismantles Migrant Trafficking Network between Tunisia & Sicily with Terrorist Links

Italian authorities busted a migrant trafficking network with links to radical groups operating between Italy and Tunisia. The criminal network was dismantled following the arrest of 13 suspects in a high-speed migrant trafficking ring operating between Tunisia and Sicily whose members espoused radical jihadist views. Police in Sicily said that a wiretapped conversation between two […]