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Mali rejects delay in UN troops’ departure, Malian and Russian forces relocate to northern region

While the United Nations voiced concern on Saturday (14 October) over an escalation of fighting in northern Mali, the Malian foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop said that the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from the region would happen on time by 31 December. The UN expressed its concern at the weekend that its drawdown could be hampered […]

Tindouf: Whereabouts of three Sahrawi Activists Arrested by Polisario Known

The whereabouts of the three Sahrawi activists, who were arrested on June 17 by the Polisario armed militias, is finally known. They are held in Dhaibiya prison, Katba Sidi Ahmadi said in a statement he released after he visited his detained cousin Moulay Abba Bouzid. He described the poor conditions of the detention of his […]

Morocco Faces Systemic Climate Vulnerability, L’Economiste Reports

Morocco is confronting a systemic vulnerability to climate shocks that is reshaping its economic and social landscape, according to a report published by L’Economiste daily. The newspaper reports that once-rare drought cycles now follow one another at an unprecedented pace, driving a sharp decline in freshwater reserves and a critical reduction in dam reservoir levels, […]