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Germany to extradite former President of Raja Casablanca Club to Morocco

Hamburg’s supreme court has agreed to extradite Mohamed Boudrika, former president of Raja Casablanca football club, who is wanted in Morocco on charges including embezzlement and fraud. Boudrika was arrested last July in Hamburg following an arrest warrant filed by Morocco. He will face trial in Morocco for financial crime accusations. A court in Casablanca […]

Ugandan, South Sudanese troops join EAC force in DRC’s east as rebels ignore retreat deadline

About 1,000 Ugandan troops and a first batch of at least 45 South Sudanese soldiers have entered the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend to join the seven-nation East African Community (EAC) military force trying to stem the violence in the country’s eastern region wracked by the M23 rebellion. Ugandan troops operating as […]

Tunisia: UGTT to boycott legislative & presidential elections

Tunisia’s powerful workers union, UGTT, Thursday said it will take part neither in the legislative nor in the presidential elections planned for next fall. Noureddine Taboubi, Secretary General of the powerful union, told a local radio that the union decided it will not field or back any party or independent candidacy for the legislative elections […]