Six human rights and political activists face prison terms for a peaceful protest in support of a human rights lawyer on trial, Human Rights Watch said, urging Algerian authorities to drop all charges against the six activists before their new trial session. In a statement on its website, HRW said that authorities arrested the activists […]
The German automaker, BMW, said Thursday that it plans to buy cobalt for the production of its electric vehicles from Moroccan mining company Managem Group as part of a five-year contract worth around €100 million ($113 million). The deal follows a memorandum of understanding on the direct purchase of cobalt signed between the two parties […]
Spanish police Monday said it has rounded up 26 people organized in a network which has been trafficking immigrants to the European country, mainly from Algeria. The alleged traffickers used to transport the immigrants aboard powerful speedboats, which set out from the northern port of Oran and crossed the western Mediterranean in three hours, the […]
