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Mali, Niger say Algeria exports terrorism into the Sahel

Mali and Niger have renewed long‑standing accusations that Algeria is exporting terrorism into the Sahel by sheltering, enabling and indirectly sustaining armed groups that carry out attacks south of its borders. Although Malian and Nigerien officials stopped short of explicitly naming Algeria this time during remarks at a regional security forum in Senegal on Monday, […]

Coronavirus: 31 pregnant women tested positive in Morocco since pandemic outbreak

Thirty-one pregnant women have tested positive for coronavirus in Morocco since the beginning of the pandemic, the health ministry said Thursday.   Thirty of these pregnant women showed no symptoms of the disease, and one of them was tested positive while her health condition was rather severe, said director of Epidemiology and Disease Control at […]

Mauritania: Prosecutor Demands 20 Years in Prison for Slave Abolitionists

The Mauritania state prosecutor Wednesday demanded 20-year prison sentence for members of the Mauritanian anti-slavery association arrested last month for “prompting armed protest in a slum of capital Nouakchott.” Thirteen people among whom 10 members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) have been standing trial since August 3. The defendants […]