Refugees in Morocco

Polisario, a Geopolitical Sham Lacking Statehood Attributes – Brazilian Paper

The Polisario is a geopolitical sham entity lacking all statehood attributes including historical and demographic aspects, Brazilian O Globo media outlet said.   The paper, in an op-ed by Moroccan ambassador to Brazil, shed light on the recent withdrawals by many Latin American states of the so-called SADR republic, a puppet state created by Algeria. […]

Spain busts criminal organization sending hazardous electronic waste to several African countries

The Spanish Customs and Civil Guard announced that they dismantled an organization that had sent more than 5,000 tons of hazardous electronic waste from the Canary Islands to several African countries including Ghana and Mauritania, Africa News reports. The “criminal organization had, during the last two years, managed to send from the island of Gran […]

Mauritanian prominent anti-slavery activist and presidential hopeful arrested

A prominent anti-slavery activist Biram Dah Abeid has been taken into custody in Mauritania, a month before legislative elections in the country. Rights groups fear a politically-motivated move to silence opposition in the West African nation. According to the UK-based newspaper, The Guardian, Biram Dah Abeid, the leader of Mauritania’s Initiative for the Resurgence of […]