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UN: Egypt urged to end crackdown on protesters, human rights defenders

UN human rights experts have called on Egypt to protect people’s rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, after a wave of arrests targeting protesters, journalists and human rights defenders. The experts’ comments follow the response by Egyptian security forces to a series of peaceful protests across the country on 20 and 21 […]

China Ships 30,000 Tons of Ammonia to Morocco on New Trade Route

China has shipped 30,000 tons of liquid ammonia to Morocco from the eastern city of Nanjing, opening a new route as the kingdom seeks to secure fertilizer supplies, 7news Morocco reports. The Chinese embassy in Morocco announced the cargo in a post on X. Ammonia supplies the nitrogen needed for fertilizers. Morocco is one of […]

Mauritania: Business tycoon Bouamatou returns home after prosecution scraped charges

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, Mauritania’s most successful businessman, returned home from a decade-long exile, after corruption and fiscal fraud charges against him were dropped last month. The owner of GBM bank and the BSA group landed in capital Nouakchott Monday night onboard a private jet, Le360.ma reports. Bouamatou fled Mauritania in early 2010 after falling out […]