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Spain-Polisario: A first witness heard by a Spanish judge in the Brahim Ghali case; claims Ghali was present in torture sessions

The investigating judge of the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid, Santiago Pedraz, heard on Tuesday, the first of the three witnesses, in the Brahim Ghali case, lodged at the end of last June by the defense of the Sahrawi Association of human rights (ASADEH).   The witness, Sahrawi activist Ahmed Tarouzi who resides in Laayoune, told […]

EU Council Adopts Morocco-EU Fisheries Agreement

The Council of the European Union adopted Thursday (Nov.29) in Brussels the new fisheries agreement with Morocco, European sources said. The council’s move comes just one day after the Committee of Permanent Representatives in the EU, known by its French acronym COREPER, approved the new fisheries agreement. The agreement needs to be ratified by the […]

Barrick Gold waves production halt in Mali due to regulatory dispute

Barrick Gold, the second largest gold mining company globally, said it mulls stopping production at its mine in Mali if the ban on shipments was not lifted. The company made the threat in reaction to measures by Bamako authorities to renegotiate the permit in order to have a bigger share of operations in the gold […]