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Morocco uses satellite technology to curb slums

Morocco has declared 59 cities slum-free as it continues to encourage real-estate developers to invest in low-cost housing, said housing minister Nezha Bouchareb. Morocco has also been using satellite technology to monitor and curb the expansion of some remaining shanty towns, she told MPs. However, she noted, much remains to be done to make housing […]

Algeria: Repression against Hirak Movement intensifies, deepening socioeconomic crisis

Algerian authorities continue to crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly five years after the Hirak protest movement first began, said Amnesty International in a press release. After the Hirak protest movement was halted due to Covid-19 in 2020, the Algerian authorities have stepped up their repression of peaceful dissent, targeting […]

Sudan: Fears of confrontation between army and paramilitary

The mobilization in capital Khartoum and other cities of a paramilitary force headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, generally referred to as Hemetti, had raised the risk of confrontation with the federal armed forces, the Sudanese army said this Thursday April 13. The mobilization of the powerful paramilitary, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), represented a […]