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Senegal: nearly 800kg of cocaine seized at Dakar port

Senegalese custom forces discovered Sunday 789 kilograms of cocaine in brand new cars shipped from Brazil following similar seizure late last month.   The 789kg were dissimulated in 15 brand new cars put in a consignment. The shipment came from Brazil, authorities told media. Fifteen people, all of them Senegalese, have been arrested in connection […]

Ryanair to launch new Edinburg-Marrakech air route in summer

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair announced its biggest ever Edinburgh Summer schedule, with eight new destinations including Marrakech. Ryanair will operate 250 weekly flights for Summer 2022, which is 50 more than pre pandemic Summer 2019, the company pointed out in a release. “As Europe’s and Edinburgh’s largest airline, Ryanair is pleased to deliver our biggest […]

Hundreds killed in M23 massacre as Congo peace hopes crumble

The United Nations has confirmed that at least 319 civilians — including 48 women and 19 children — were brutally killed by M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 9 and 21 July, marking one of the deadliest episodes since the group’s resurgence in 2022. According to UN Human Rights Chief Volker […]