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Amnesty Condemns Algeria for Mass Deportation of African Migrants

Amnesty International has denounced the racial and discriminatory crackdown launched by Algerian authorities against sub-Saharan migrants, rounding up and forcibly expelling more than 2,000 of them to Niger and Mali over the past three weeks. Those expelled include more than 300 minors, among them at least 25 unaccompanied children, said Amnesty in a press release […]

Chilean Parliament Supports Morocco’s Position on Sahara

The Chilean parliament adopted with a sweeping majority a resolution supporting Morocco’s initiative to grant the Sahara a substantive autonomy. Sixty-six Chilean MPs voted in favor, 11 against and 22 abstained. This outspoken support for the autonomy initiative, which Morocco presented to the UN in 2007 as a lasting solution to the Sahara dispute, is […]

Egypt: the country has a large consumer base

Mansour group is planning to sell its supermarket chain, Metro, and discount grocery store Kheir Zaman. Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) has set its eyes on the supermarket in a deal estimated around $200 to $300 million. Egypt’s largest supermarket chain is Metro. It is present in 10 cities with more than 40 outlets. MAF gained […]