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EU Makes it clear: Polisario Not Entitled to Speak on Behalf of Sahrawis

The EU External Action Service (EEAS) has rejected Polisario’s claim to represent the Sahrawi population and expressed support for a political and mutually acceptable solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara in line with UN resolutions. “The Polisario is not entitled to claim exclusive representativeness of the population of the Sahara,” said the EEAS […]

More than 1 million African farmers benefited from OCP programs

Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizer producer OCP has over the last 6 years launched a program aiming at bringing customized fertilizers closer to the African market with fair prices and has rolled out training programs on best practices to improve output benefiting so far 1 million African farmers. The goal was to support the African farmer […]

Mali: Former Islamic Police Chief receives decade-long sentence for war crimes

The International Criminal Court has issued a 10-year prison sentence to Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud for war crimes committed during his leadership of Timbuktu’s Islamic police. The 47-year-old defendant was found guilty of orchestrating torture and overseeing brutal punishments during the 2012 occupation by the Ansar Dine group. While convicted of […]