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Morocco’s efforts in refugees’ inclusion commended by UNHRC

Morocco has achieved “very concrete” results in terms of inclusion of refugees, reaching an enrolment rate of 90% for refugee and migrant children, said representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Morocco, François Reybet-Degat. Reybet-Degat was speaking at a press briefing on the occasion of the signing last week of a partnership […]

Former Nigerian militants get contracts to combat oil theft

Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC announced it has hired a firm owned by former militant Tompolo, whose movement’s attacks on facilities in the early 2000s crippled oil production, to protect installations and tackle rampant theft. It was one of five security contracts awarded as theft and pipeline sabotage have cut Nigeria’s oil exports by nearly […]

Algeria’s slogans go silent after Maduro’s fall

Two days after the US arrested and flew Venezuelan autocrat Nicolas Maduro to New York, Algeria went mute as stone, unable to condemn or express solidarity with its ally. Maduro had met Tebboune in Algiers in 2022 and vowed to foster their alliance, coordinate in oil markets and open a direct air route. The two […]