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AQIM leader and Algeria’s ally Iyad Ag Ghali wanted by ICC

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against terrorist leader Iyad Ag Ghaly and urged states to cooperate to bring him before justice, in a clear allusion to Algeria. Ghaly is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Mali between January 2012 and January 2013. A Tuareg descendant of […]

Sudan: AfDB $19.85 million grant to support humanitarian recovery & resilience

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $19.85 million grant to support a humanitarian and resilience operation in Sudan over the next two years. The grant is intended to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable populations and ease the impact of the ongoing conflict on communities and infrastructure. The project has […]

Morocco to invest $10.8 bln to develop irrigation over 2020-2027

The Moroccan government has earmarked 10.8 billion dollars or 115 billion dirhams to expand irrigation programs from 2020 to 2027. This came at a meeting chaired by head of the government Aziz Akhannouch, as farms in drought-stricken regions suffer from diversion of irrigation water to supply households. The investment aims to mitigate the impact of […]