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West African MPs Support Morocco’s ECOWAS Membership – Survey

A survey shows that 75% of West Africa’s MPs support Morocco’s membership in the Economic Community of West African States. The survey conducted by French institutes, Opinions et Région and IPSE, shows that the majority of MPs considered Morocco’s membership as a factor that will strengthen the ECOWAs while the remaining 25% considered the move […]

UN Rights Chief Blames RSF for El Fasher Atrocities, Warns of Wider Sudan Crisis

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Monday held Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allies fully responsible for what he described as a “preventable human rights catastrophe” in El Fasher. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council, Türk said that after 18 months of siege, starvation and bombardment, the RSF […]

Mauritania: Guantanamo inmate returns back home after a 13 year detention

The US defence department announced Thursday they repatriated a Mauritanian national who had been held at the US notorious prison of Guantanamo for 13 years. Although the former detainee, Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, was cleared in 2010, he was kept in detention after he protested against mistreatment. “The United States coordinated with the Government of […]