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The Federation of Arab Journalists reiterated, on Tuesday, its support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and to the “autonomy plan within the framework of Morocco’s sovereignty over its entire territory.” In a statement published following the meeting of its General Secretariat and its Permanent Bureau in Dubai, the Federation reiterated its “support to the Kingdom’s territorial […]
Interpol has announced the success of a large-scale operation aimed at rooting out illegal mining across several West African nations. During the coordinated raids in Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, and Senegal, law enforcement officials arrested 200 suspects and confiscated a range of harmful chemicals, explosives, and narcotics. According to Interpol, the operation—carried out between July […]
Barrick Gold Corporation said that it remains restricted from shipping gold from the Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex in Mali, where authorities have also seized the company’s existing gold stock from the site to a custodial bank. Malian authorities have seized an amount of gold estimated at $245 million in an escalation of their long-running dispute with […]
France is considering imposing visa requirements on holders of Algerian diplomatic passport, amid a brewing crisis that prompted French officials to vow to retaliate against what they considered as a series of Algerian disrespect, which included arbitrary arrests of a dual-national novelist, instigation of diaspora, and refusal to admit nationals expelled from France for spreading […]
Head of the Kabylia independence movement (MAK) Ferhat Mhenni wrote to the representative of Algeria at the UN in New York, whose country is assuming the rotating presidency of the security council, asking for the Kabyle people’s right to self-determination and independence to be listed on the agenda. In a letter to Algeria’s Ammar Benjamaa, […]
Morocco is celebrating this Tuesday, January 14, the Amazigh New Year, known as “Idh Yennayer,” with vibrant cultural festivities marking the year 2975 in the Amazigh calendar. Parades in various Moroccan cities showcase the richness and diversity of the country’s Amazigh heritage through music, dance, costumes, and traditional crafts. The celebration across Morocco underscores the […]
The Danish maritime transport giant has announced a significant route modification for its India-United States service, a change aimed at enhancing service quality by reducing transit times. In a strategic move to improve its India-North America service, Maersk’s MECL service will add a stop at Mundra, India, while simultaneously discontinuing its westbound call at the […]
In a remarkable move, the billionaire duo — Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos — have joined forces, pumping $537 million into mining ventures targeting rare metals across Africa. KoBold Metals, a US mining start-up backed by investors including Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, has raised $537 million in its latest Series C funding […]
The Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) – Southwest Branch of Libya- has called on all brigades responsible for securing the Al-Wafa oilfield to increase their level of readiness in response to what it described as “a matter of utmost importance.” The PFG urged all brigades to deploy to the field to bolster its protection, although the […]
The Belgian court’s landmark verdict of crimes against humanity for kidnapping of mixed-race children is hailed as a turning point that “surely opens the door” to those seeking financial compensation for forced separation from their parents and other colonial-era injustices. In a landmark ruling in December, Belgium’s court of appeal decided that the “systematic kidnapping” […]