Mauritania Tightens Anti-slavery law

Scores of Migrants Storm Spain’s Enclave of Melilla

About 500 people stormed Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla on Tuesday (18 March), which is the largest number to force their way across the border in almost a decade as increasing naval patrols discourage entry into the territory by sea. Spain has two enclaves in Morocco – Melilla and Ceuta – and migrants mainly […]

Mauritanian President Leaves Paris Hospital after Treatment

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania has left on Wednesday the Percy Hospital in Paris where he had been treated for the gunshot wounds he was inflicted on October 13 in what was officially described as a “an accidental shooting”. According to a presidency official, President Abdel Aziz was in good condition and went […]

US drone strikes ‘killed civilians’, AI says

The United States has used drones to kill civilians in Somalia, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Wednesday.   Amnesty says an 18-year-old woman and a 53-year-old banana farmer were killed in two separate drone strikes, one in the town of Jilib, the other in Kumbareere village. Three others were injured.   The US […]