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Morocco Denies Visa to Leader of Kabylie Autonomous Movement

Ferhat Mhenni, the leader and founder of the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK), was denied an entry visa on Friday by a Morocco’s consulate in Villemomble in France, Algerian media reported. Mhenni, who holds a passport of a political refugee, was planning to speak at a conference held within the framework of the […]

Drug trafficking in Sahel ‘enabled’ by weak rule of law, money laundering, corruption — UNODC report

Cocaine, cannabis resin and pharmaceutical opioids are the internationally trafficked drugs most seized in the Sahel, a region used by criminal networks and armed groups as a “natural stopover point” on trafficking routes from South America to Europe, according to a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Drug trafficking in […]

Kenya to re-introduced controversial taxes at risk of igniting protests

Kenya prepares to re-introduce an amended version of the eco-levy tax that has been at the heart of popular discontent that plunged the country into violent protests this summer. Treasury Secretary John Mbadi told local media that “about 49 measures” were being considered as part of a tax amendment bill. Some of the scrapped taxes […]