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Migrants in limbo as Mauritania’s expulsion drive overwhelms border town

In the dusty border town of Rosso, straddling the frontier between Mauritania and Senegal, the humanitarian burden is growing heavier by the day as waves of deported migrants arrive with nowhere to turn. Weeks into Mauritania’s intensified crackdown on undocumented migrants, hundreds—many hailing from Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, and Côte d’Ivoire—find themselves stranded in harrowing […]

Sahara: Geneva Meeting Tests Algeria’s Good Faith

A year and a half after taking office, it seems that Mr. Horst Köhler, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, has made a diplomatic breakthrough. He has managed to bring the parties to the Sahara conflict to an initial roundtable meeting in Geneva this December 5-6 in a bid to […]

Morocco, Member of OIF High-level Delegation for Mali

Secretary General of La Francophonie Louise Mushikiwabo has appointed Morocco’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Moha Ouali Tagma, member of the high-level delegation of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) in charge of supporting the civil transition process in Mali. This appointment is a recognition of Morocco’s commitment to peace and regional stability and of the […]