An independent UN human rights expert hailed earlier this week the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to consider a formal criminal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Palestine as a “momentous step forward in the quest for accountability” in the five-decade-long Israeli occupation. “Accountability has, until now, been largely missing in action throughout the […]
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 […]
Spain and Morocco started Tuesday a joint exercise to enhance sea safety transport of a radioactive material from Algeciras port to Tangier-Med port. Dubbed “Gate to Africa,” the three-day exercise, first of its kind, is organized in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It seeks to assess and improve the two neighbouring countries’ […]
