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Sahel states’ new import tariff threatens West African trade, regional integration, warn experts

The recent decision by the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, to impose a 0.5% levy on imports from several West African nations, including Nigeria, is raising alarm bells across the region. Announced as part of the AES’s broader strategy to assert economic independence and generate revenue, the tariff could […]

Libyan National Army Accused of War Crimes in Benghazi

The Libyan Nation Commission for Human Rights (LNCHR) has accused Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army (LNA) of violating the 1949 Geneva Convention after they exhumed, brutalized bodies, and displayed them in public. Among the dead bodies was that of Jamal Makhzoum, former leader of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council, who was […]

NGOs, Politicians denounce Polisario’s arbitrary detention of Sahrawi activists

Several NGOs and politicians have joined the families of the three Sahrawi activists arbitrarily detained by the Polisario since last June.   In this connection, the Sahrawi Khat Shahid movement “the Line of the Martyr” addressed a letter to the United Nations, urging the world body to intervene to end Polisario’s violations and arbitrary detention […]