Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup passed the first test of the FIFA taskforce and is set to compete with a joint United States, Canada and Mexico bid in a vote on June 13. Morocco scored 2.7 out of five in Fifa’s test while the joint bid scored four. However, Morocco was judged […]
South African authorities have launched a formal investigation into a Russian recruitment drive targeting young South African women, amid growing concerns that advertised job opportunities are masking forced labor in military drone production. Promoted via social media and coordinated through the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance and Student Commission, the program promises women aged 18–22 lucrative […]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Mauritanian authorities to free former Senate member and opposition leader Mohamed Ould Ghadda, who has been detained for two months on “vague corruption charges”. In a statement, HRW urged Mauritania to set free the opposition leader or grant him “a prompt and fair trial, if they have sufficient evidence […]
