Several security sources have reported the presence of foreign military advisers in the Polisario camps in Tindouf, Algeria, as well as in other secret Algerian military bases. According to these sources, quoted by the Paris-based news outlet Sahel Intelligence, the foreigners include instructors linked to networks close to Hamas and Iranian advisers operating in the […]
Algeria’s gas and oil company, Sonatrach, announced Sunday that Iranian authorities had freed its oil tanker one hour 15 minutes after it was forced Friday to enter Iranian territorial waters. The tanker, MESDAR, of 2,000,000-capacity, sailing in the Strait of Hormuz was asked by Iranian coastguard to enter territorial waters, on Friday. Sonatrach in a […]
Morocco is preparing to launch the National Prevention Mechanism (NPM) against torture as part of the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). To that end, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due to make its first visit to Morocco October 22 to 28 to advise the Government […]
