Morocco’s Ymmy Finance Holding and Niger’s authorities signed deals worth $3.3 bln to facelift Niamey by building new industrial, recreational and energy facilities. Six projects have been retained in the agreements over 8 years as part of a public-private partnership after two years of talks between officials of the Holding and Niamey authorities. The projects […]
A damning new report by the United Nations accuses both the M23 rebel group and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government forces of committing grave abuses that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The UN Human Rights Office’s Fact-Finding Mission (FFM), investigating the violence in North and South Kivu since late 2024, […]
Thousands have signed a petition in support of a young woman who held captive for two months and was tortured. “During her captivity, she was subjected to every torture imaginable: She was repeatedly raped by 15 men, beaten, deprived of food and basic sanitary needs, and had her body forcibly tattooed by her captors,” the […]
