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The United Kingdom and United States committed crimes against humanity when they forced the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to leave their homes five decades ago to make way for a US Navy base, Human Rights Watch (HRW) charged Wednesday (15 February), and called on the two governments to let the […]
The United States is “deeply concerned” about the arrests of politicians, business leaders and journalists reported in recent days in Tunisia, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Wednesday. “We are deeply concerned by the reported arrests of multiple political figures, business leaders, and journalists in Tunisia in recent days,” Ned Price said in opening […]
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) market has been a long time coming, but several African nations and major companies have finally started shipping goods and trading a trickle of goods under the AfCFTA agreement signed in 2018. Tanzania is one of the African countries that have decided to take part in a new […]
The number of women and children migrating from the Horn of Africa to the Gulf states has significantly increased and is a cause of concern, the head of the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned, citing climate change as the main driver of the increased migration. The treacherous journey from Djibouti, Ethiopia and […]
Tunisian journalists on Thursday observed a day of anger to decry the sector’s situation, marked by a “deterioration” in freedom of expression, as they put it, reports TAP news agency. They said they rejected what they described as “systematic” policies to control the media and pointed out that the current ruling power is an enemy […]
Morocco has offered 2000 tons of fertilizers in aid to Gabonese farmers in a series of similar moves that Rabat promised to take to alleviate the fertilizers crisis on the continent. The donation was made to Gabonese farmers as part of directives of King Mohammed VI who held talks on February 15 with Gabon’s president […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting Morocco’s packaging industry with a €15 million loan provided to Multisac SA, local manufacturer of woven polypropylene bags in Morocco. The announcement of the funding coincides with the visit of EBRD chief Renaud Bassu is paying to Morocco. The €15 million loan will support the […]
Ivorian authorities announced Wednesday re-opening on February 15 of the country’s land borders closed since March 2020 in a move to curtail the spread of COVID-19 virus. Amadou Coulibaly, Government spokesperson, made the announcement following a cabinet meeting held on Wednesday. Amadou Koné, the Minister of Communication, indicated that the move comes especially after the […]
At least 200 Ivorian students have been detained by Tunisian authorities as part of a crackdown campaign on Sub-Saharan migrants in the North African country. Ivorian Foundation for Human Rights and Political Observatory (FIDHOP) in a statement Wednesday said the campaign is directed at migrants living in the country who are accused of the increase […]
Morocco and its longtime West African ally Gabon reiterated willingness to work together to foster their distinguished ties under the leadership of King Mohammed VI and President Ali Bongo Odimba. The two leaders held talks in Libreville on Wednesday, attended by Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita and his Gabonese peer Yoyande Nyonda. The two leaders […]