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Over 100 migrants freed from captivity in eastern Libya amid rising trafficking concerns

More than 100 migrants, including five women, have been rescued from captivity in Ajdabiya, eastern Libya, where they were being held and tortured by a human trafficking gang demanding ransom payments. Libya’s attorney-general confirmed on Monday, July 14 that the criminal group had been orchestrating the smuggling, detention, and abuse of migrants to extort their […]

Qatar grants Burkina Faso $3m to support emergency education

Qatar and Burkina Faso signed Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in which the Gulf country through its Fund for development (QFFD) will back education in the West African country to the tune of $3 million. Olivia Rouamba, the Burkina Faso top diplomat signed the MoU on behalf of the African country. Per the deal, […]

Washington set to facilitate Sahara talks on basis of Morocco’s autonomy plan

The Polisario Front has been forced back into diplomacy after the United States firmly reaffirmed that any political settlement of the regional Sahara dispute must take place exclusively within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty, diplomatic sources said. A discreet Polisario delegation traveled to Washington between January 19 and 23 to participate in US-facilitated exploratory talks […]