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Mauritania Lays into Burkina’s President over Anti-slavery Leader’s Address on State TV

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has asked his Burkina Faso counterpart Marc-Christian Kaboré for explanations for letting Mauritanian anti-slavery activist Birame ould Dah ould Abeïd speak on the West African country’s public channel, reports say. Tension has risen between the two presidents after Birame ould Dah ould Abeïd, leader of the anti-slavery movement IRA […]

Egypt Votes in Constitutional Referendum

Egyptians are voting in a constitutional referendum, the first ballot since July 3 last year when President Mohamed Morsi was toppled by the military. Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawei, put in the office by the army, asked Egyptians to fulfil their national duty by voting in the ballot. His wish seems to be fulfilled as Egyptians […]

UN Secretary General Warns Polisario of Hindering Traffic Flow on Moroccan-Mauritanian Border

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has warned the Polisario of obstructing commercial traffic flow between Morocco and Mauritania, after the Algerian-sponsored separatist group deployed militiamen in an area that is supposed to remain demilitarized under the UN brokered 1991 ceasefire agreement. “Regular civilian and commercial traffic should not be obstructed and no action should […]