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Morocco, Rwanda Agree to Step up Cooperation in Poultry

Morocco and Rwanda have agreed to bolster their cooperation in poultry industry which plays a key role in ensuring food security in the African continent. The agreement was inked, on Wednesday in Kigali, by Mohamed Youssef Alaoui, Head of Moroccan Poultry Federation and Andrew Butare, President of Rwandan Poultry Industry Association. The signatories pledge to […]

Group of Friends for Elimination of Violence against Women & Girls launched with Morocco’s contribution

The Group of Friends for the elimination of violence against women and girls was officially launched Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York. The aim of the group is to coordinate action and share information on the elimination of gender-based violence (GBV), and to follow up on the UN Secretary-General’s call earlier this year […]

Sahel: exploring nexus between arms and human trafficking — UN report

A dizzying array of illegal weaponry dots market stalls across the Sahel, fueling violence and insecurity in this 6,000-km-wide belt in the middle of Africa, where smuggling networks exploit the ensuring desperation of people, leading to such deadly disasters as the recent shipwreck off the coast of Greece, according to the latest series of reports […]