No roaming charges for ECOWAS citizens beginning January 2020

From January 2020, citizens travelling within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will pay no roaming charges following the implementation of the ECOWAS Roaming Initiative. The initiative is aimed at creating an enabling environment for the international mobile roaming market to ensure affordable access to roaming services for voice, SMS and data. According […]

Noose Tightens around Algeria to Conduct Census of Population Held in Polisario-run Tindouf Camps

The International community is tightening the noose around Algeria to enable a census of the population held in the Polsario-run Camps with the latest call by the House of Appropriators on the US Secretary of State to put pressure on Algiers to cooperate with the UN refugee Agency in this regard. “The Secretary of State […]

Libya Appeals for EU and Italian Support to Manage Irregular Migration Pressures

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh has called on Italy and the European Union to provide direct support to his government in addressing irregular migration, warning that Libya continues to shoulder a disproportionate security and humanitarian burden at a meeting held on Monday, January 19. The appeal was made during talks in Tripoli with Italy’s Deputy […]