Africa’s lost wealth: billions worth of gold smuggled out each year

Over $30 billion worth of gold was smuggled out of Africa in 2022, primarily to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, and Switzerland, according to a new ground-breaking report by Swissaid that calls for more transparency and traceability in the gold supply chain to improve local conditions and artisanal miners’ working conditions throughout the continent. […]

Israeli Knesset in Moroccan colors to celebrate Mimouna

The Israeli Knesset hosted on Wednesday evening, for the first time in its history, a ceremony in Moroccan colors on the occasion of Mimouna, the traditional holiday of Moroccan Jews, which has become a public event celebrated every year in the country. The Mimouna, propagated by Moroccan Jews, is held directly on the night of […]

Germany detains Moroccan couple suspected of preparing terror attacks

German security forces apprehended Thursday South-west of Frankfurt a Moroccan couple suspected of preparing a terror attack in the EU country after they underwent, according to the police, training in a camp in Syria. The German-Moroccan couple aged 26 according to Frankfurt public prosecutor Nadja Niesen was preparing a terror attack. Police raided Thursday around […]