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EU IRINI discovers cargo ship breaching UN arm embargo on Libya

IRINI, the European Union (EU) naval operation tasked to reinforce the UN arm embargo on Libya, has arrested a ship bound to Libya transporting vehicles intended for military use, reports say. The action took place July 18 when the vessel identified as MV VICTORY RORO, flying the flag of Equatorial Guinea entered IRINI’s search zone […]

Morocco bans fans in stadiums, registers second covid 19 case

Football matches in all series and competitions will be played in empty stadiums, the Moroccan football association (FRMF) said on Wednesday on the eve of Morocco’s declaration of a second coronavirus case. The second case was found in an 89 year-old woman coming from Bologna in northern Italy, the health ministry said. The patient is […]

Mauritania: IRA Movement Leader Vows to Remove President by 2019

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will not rule Mauritania beyond 2019, end of his current tenure, Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) has told sympathizers. Mauritania has been embroiled in a political crisis after it became clear that President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz wanted […]