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EAC summit seeks to resolve Ethiopia-Somalia dispute and eastern DRC conflict

The latest East African Community (EAC) summit at the weekend focused, among other issues, on the resolution of two conflicts that are threatening the stability of the region — the dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia and the unabated violence by rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kenya’s President William Ruto has said […]

Algeria Resumes Summary Deportations of Sub-Saharans amid Anti-migrant Populism

After the scandalous racist remarks of Algerian leaders against sub-Saharan migrants, and in a blatant violation of commitment under the 1951 Geneva Convention, Algerian authorities resumed earlier this week arbitrary expulsions of Sub-Saharan migrants and asylum seekers who were abandoned in harsh conditions on the border with Niger, media reports said quoting international humanitarian NGOs. […]

King Mohammed VI appoints new head of Higher Education Council, confirms president of Human Rights Council in her position

King Mohammed VI has appointed Rahma Bourqia as the new president of Morocco’s Higher Council for Education, Training, and Scientific Research, while he extended Amina Bouayach’s term as president of the National Human Rights Council, the Royal Office announced in a statement released this Friday. The Monarch also named Mohammed El Habib Belkouch Interministerial Delegate […]