A member of the UN mission to the Sahara (MINURSO) was recently caught spying on the Moroccan police in the southern city of Laayoune, the Assabah daily reported on July 13. The MINURSO member was intercepted while secretly filming a sit-in by a bunch of separatists in a small neighborhood in Laayoune, the same source […]
Chad’s ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement has claimed a decisive victory in last month’s parliamentary election, winning 124 of 188 seats and bolstering President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s hold on power. Provisional results announced on Sunday reveal that around half the electorate participated in the December 29 vote, which also included municipal and regional contests. This marks […]
A UN panel has sounded the alarm bell over the growing illicit flows of arms from Libya into West Africa and several Middle-eastern countries enhancing the arsenals of a range of non-state actors, including terrorist groups. “In the past 12 months, the proliferation of weapons from Libya has continued at a worrying rate and has […]
