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The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan’s displacement camps has reached an alarming level as thousands of Sudanese refugees, fleeing a brutal war, endure worsening conditions and a rapidly escalating cholera outbreak. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) issued a stark warning, on Monday, December 23, describing the situation as “totally overwhelming.” Every day in December 2024, over […]
King Mohammed VI has instructed a review of the family code in line with Islamic precepts and universal values which introduces amendments protecting the social and economic rights of the Moroccan family. Following widespread consultations, the committee in charge of elaborating the new code provided the broadlines to the media, in line with royal directives […]
Food insecurity is exacerbating in central and western Africa with 40 million people currently struggling to feed themselves, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. The WFP said in a recent report food insecurity would surge to affect 53 million people by mid-next year. The people suffering “emergency levels of hunger” rose to 3.4 million, that […]
Casablanca municipality announced on Friday its new membership at the global network C40 Cities, a collective of nearly 100 cities committed to climate action. The municipality stated in a press release that Casablanca has become the 14th African and first North African city to join the network. Casablanca’s membership was approved at the C40 Steering […]
King Mohammed VI called for speeding up the advanced regionalization process so that it can act as a lever for economic and social development and help address development challenges, unequal growth and regional disparities. In a message to participants at the 2nd National Conference on Advanced Regionalization held in Tangier December 20-21 , the King […]
Several UN experts are convinced that it is just a matter of time before the designation of the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group a terrorist organization, resulting in its expulsion from the African Union. The Polisario militias are armed, funded, and sheltered by the Algerian junta in Tindouf camps. This terrorist organization and its anti-semitic leaders […]
King Mohammed VI has expressed his sincere condolences and solidarity in a message to French President Emmanuel Macron following the devastating Cyclone Chido that hit the Mayotte archipelago. “In this painful moment for your nation, I extend my sincere condolences and, through you, to the French people and the grief-stricken families, my deepest compassion,” the […]
Some 792 people, including many foreign nationals, have been arrested in Nigeria as part of a sweeping raid on a crypto ring that has reportedly been involved in a sophisticated fraud operation targeting victims worldwide with false cryptocurrency schemes and romantic scams. Many of the nearly 800 suspects taken into custody from the site in […]
A woman from a Caribbean Island recently settled in Benin that once served as a major hub in the transatlantic slave trade. She felt an immediate sense of connection and familiarity there, as the people’s customs and demeanor reminded her of relatives back home. Determined to strengthen her bond with her ancestral roots, she now […]
A regional coalition of West African states has approved the creation of a special court to address egregious abuses committed in Ghana, a small coastal nation, during two decades of authoritarian rule. Between 1996 and 2017, countless citizens suffered arbitrary arrests, sexual violence, and extrajudicial killings. The former ruler, Yahya Jammeh, who initially refused to […]