French foreign minister Jean-Yves-Le-Drian

Somalia’s president meets Kenyan security officials amid border row

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Mohamed on Sunday met Kenya’s interior minister Fred Matiang’i and other security officials, dispatched by President Uhuru Kenyatta.   The visit comes after Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo spoke on the phone on Thursday with President Uhuru Kenyatta.   The two leaders agreed to work together to ensure security at the border. […]

AU-PSC: Morocco calls for census, registration of climate change refugees in Africa

Morocco has called for conducting a census and registration of refugees and displaced persons victim of climate change in Africa, and their protection from any kind of exploitation. The call was launched by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the African Union and UNECA, Mohamed Arrouchi, Thursday during a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council […]

Morocco adopts bill on alternative sentences to reduce congestion in prisons

The upper and lower houses of the Moroccan parliament have both approved a bill that introduces alternative sentences with the aim of reducing overpopulation in Morocco’s prisons. The bill was advocated by the government as a solution to overcrowded Moroccan prisons. The prison population in Morocco surpassed 158% of capacity across the country’s 76 prisons, […]