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Western Sahara section erased from US State Department Human Rights report

The US State department has dealt another blow to Algeria and the Polisario by omitting the section on Western Sahara which is now covered under Morocco country report in line with the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory. The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover […]

Moroccan health ministry refers Agadir hospital deaths report to prosecutor

Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection said on Monday it has referred a report to the public prosecutor following the deaths of eight women at Hassan II Hospital in Agadir in mid-September, an incident that triggered public protests and renewed scrutiny of the country’s healthcare system. The ministry said it has provisionally suspended staff […]

Laurent Gbagbo urges ECOWAS to set up regional counterterrorism brigade

Laurent Gbagbo, Cote d’Ivoire’s ex-leader, has called on regional grouping ECOWAS to establish counter-terrorism brigade to curtail terrorism that has plagued the region. Gbagbo was speaking at a meeting of his party PPA-CI, at Bayota, a town in south-central Ivory Coast. “The problem in the Sahel today is the jihadists,” he said. For a 77-year […]