Mauritanian government spokesperson ismail-ahmed

UN forum on African descent demands urgent slavery reparation

A recently-held UN forum on African descent urged urgent action to compensate Africa and the African diaspora for the enduring legacies of colonialism, enslavement, apartheid and genocide between the 16th and 19th centuries. The forum brought together governments, civil society and regional organizations who discussed in New York the elaboration of a system to compensate […]

INTERPOL General Assembly opens in Morocco to discuss new policing capabilities against organized crime

Senior law enforcement officials and ministers from around the world have come together at INTERPOL’s General Assembly which opened this Monday in Marrakesh to address current and future organized crime threats. The four-day conference, attended by more than 800 delegates from 179 countries, including 82 police chiefs, is INTERPOL’s supreme governing body and sets the […]

Niger condemns Algeria’s violent treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants

Niger government summoned Algeria’s ambassador to protest against the violent treatment suffered by Nigerien migrants who have been suffering rights breaches in southern Algeria. The showdown is the latest in a series of events that drew the two countries apart, starting from the refusal of Niger’s new leadership of an Algerian mediation in the country. […]