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Gdim Izik Events: Court to Start Hearings Jan. 23rd, 2017

A Moroccan court of Appeal decided Monday to postpone until January 23rd, 2017 the hearing of the case of the culprits, who were convicted earlier by a military tribunal for the murders committed during the events of Gdim Izik in 2010. The civilian court refused to grant the defendants temporary release requested by their lawyers. […]

Algeria Reinforces Siege of Polisario-held Sahraouis in Tindouf Camps

Satellite images shared on Moroccan media showed a sand wall built by Algerian authorities around the Polisario-run Tindouf camps where thousands of Sahraouis remain hostage.   The Polisario and its mentor Algeria have restricted access by independent rights groups to the camps and prevented the UN refugee agency from conducting a head count.   The […]

Rawafed Libya eyes regional expansion with satellite

Libya’s leading internet service provider, Rawafed Libya, has concluded a wholesale multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Communications on the KA-SAT satellite, to upgrade its services to another level. The agreement will enable it to have a 1.6Gbit/s capacity on two KA-SAT spot beams, which will be used to provide the best available services to its new […]