Mauritanian Parliament has passed a new anti-slavery law which criminalizes “10 forms of slavery”, including forced marriage and other controversial social practices such as handing a woman over to another man without her consent after the death of her husband. Mauritania abolished slavery in 1981, but human rights activists say the practice is still alive. […]
Southern Algeria is dominated by the Sahara desert. The dunes, mountains and wilderness of the region have been seducing adventure travelers for decades but the lure seems close to fading away. However, the tourism industry in southern Algeria will probably suffer seriously after the latest attack on a gas and oil field in In Amenas. […]
The hijacking of commercial ships and drone attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have disrupted supply chains leading many in Europe to think of Morocco as an industrial hub and an alternative to Asia. Weeks-long attacks on commercial vessels led global shipping firms- including Denmarks’s Maersk and Taiwan’s Evergreen- to avoid the Red Sea and […]
