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DRC: at least 129 dead in botched escape attempt from country’s largest prison

At least 129 people were reportedly killed while trying to escape from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) largest and chronically overcrowded prison in the capital Kinshasa. Congolese Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said in a post on X on Tuesday (3 September) that “he provisional toll is 129 dead, including 24 by gunfire, after warning,” […]

Morocco to add 60,000 hotel beds by 2030 World Cup

Morocco is preparing to add roughly 60,000 hotel beds, about 20% of its current capacity, as it prepares its tourism infrastructure ahead of co-hosting the 2030 World Cup, according to Reuters. Tourism Minister Fatim-Zahra Ammor said the kingdom sees the tournament less as a finish line than “an accelerator” for the development of the hospitality […]

Former Mauritania leader asked to appear in parliament over allegations of state assets misappropriation

A commission in the Mauritanian parliament investigating the country’s management over the past 10 years has requested former President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz to show in the legislature in view of providing insights over some allegations of state assets embezzlement, Le360.ma reports. Seven misappropriation charges spanning several sectors including sale of state properties in capital Nouakchott, […]