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More than 13,000 African Migrants Repatriated from Libya Since December, AU says

Nearly two months after reports emerged showing African migrants sold out as slaves in Libya, the African Union launched a repatriation operation that saw 13,000 migrants return to their homelands since last December. Speaking to the press, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahamat Faki, noted that the number is still below the goal set […]

Algeria’s move to kick out Moroccan farmers from border area opens up eastern border issue

By March 18, Moroccan farmers have amassed whatever they could take after Algerian authorities addressed them an ultimatum to leave a border area near Figuig which they have cultivated for generations. They are victims of arbitrary colonial borders on the one hand and of an Algerian hostile regime to anything Moroccan, on the other. A […]

Morocco to reduce public debt below 70%- Finance Minister

Morocco’s government debt is sustainable as efforts are ongoing to cut it further below 70% of GDP, finance minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui said. The minister made the remark during an interview on le360, following criticism by opposition MPs who warned of the risk of debt unsustainability. Debt to GDP ratio was brought below 70% this […]