African observatory on migration

Tunisian Interior Minister Fired over Migration tragedy

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Youssef Chahed on Wednesday fired his interior minister following the death of migrants off the coast of the North African country in the deadliest shipwreck this year. The move follows a similar decision affecting 10 senior security officials as the country investigates the tragic death at sea of migrants on board the […]

Polisario armed men clash with Algerian army in Tindouf over drug trafficking

Has the Algerian army lost control of the Polisario armed men? That is what many reports concluded following violent clashes last week between disenchanted Polisario youth involved in drug trafficking and the Algerian army. A tightening of the siege imposed by the Algerian army on the camps triggered armed clashes between members of the Polisario […]

Morocco to reopen its consulate in Libya closed eight years ago

An official Moroccan delegation is currently in Tripoli to oversee the reopening of the Moroccan consulate in Libya after an eight-year closure, the Libyan Foreign Ministry announced. The Libyan Foreign Ministry announced that the Moroccan delegation arrived Saturday January 29 in Tripoli, in preparation for the reopening of the Moroccan Consulate in Tripoli. The visit […]