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Spain’s Canaries see surge in deaths on top West African migration route via Mauritania

Mauritania has overtaken Senegal as the main departure point for those taking on the perilous Atlantic crossing to the Spain’s Canary Islands, during which more than 5,000 people died in the first five months of this year. 95% of migrants who try to reach Spain by sea do so on Atlantic Ocean crossings from West […]

Ivorian court bars top opposition leader Tidjane Thiam from presidential race

In a ruling that has stirred political controversy across Ivory Coast, a national court on Tuesday (22 April) disqualified opposition leader Tidjane Thiam from running in the country’s October presidential election, citing the loss of his Ivorian nationality. Thiam, former CEO of Credit Suisse and newly appointed leader of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast […]

Morocco’s intelligence tips enabled France to foil terrorist plot

Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency, the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), conveyed France essential information about a French woman of Moroccan origin, who was plotting a terrorist attack in a church.   The information was transmitted by the DGST on April 1, 2021, to the French external and internal intelligence services (DGSE-DGSI).   The data […]