Italian boat release by GNA

Senegal: deadly protests against detention of leading opposition figure Sonko

Two people were killed Monday during protests in southern Senegal in response to the indictment and arrest of the leading opposition figure Ousmane Sonko last week and a day after Sonko, in custody, announced he had started a hunger strike. Senegal’s public prosecutor on Saturday July 29 announced seven new charges for various crimes, including […]

Sudan’s neighbors increasingly worried as clashes continue

Sudan’s neighbors increasingly worried as clashes continue The conflict raging in Sudan, which lies in an unstable region bordering the Red Sea, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, is sending jitters across the wider region and worrying neighbors as well as the United States and the European powers for security, economic and geopolitical reasons. […]

Ocean Decade: Princess Lalla Hasnaa reaffirms Morocco’s strong commitment to support Africa

Morocco’s Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection & Patron of UN Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development Alliance, has voiced the Kingdom’s steadfast commitment to strengthen cooperation ties with Africa in accordance with the far-sighted policy spearheaded by King Mohammed VI. In an address made Wednesday in Monaco to […]