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A deadlier strain of the Mpox virus is reported to be spreading in eastern DRC towns, nearly a year after it has been first found in the South Kivu, as doctors warn of a pandemic risk. As the virus was detected in 25 cases in the country’s restive east, there are fears it could spread […]
Cameroonian President Paul Biya won approval from lawmakers in the Lower House of Parliament, extending the mandate for its current lawmakers for a year from 10 March 2025 to 30 March 2026. Cameroon’s National Assembly approved the bill on Tuesday (9 July) that pushes back legislative and local elections until 2026, a move opposition parties […]
The World Bank has launched a new $2.48 billion program that aims to improve internet adoption rates and infrastructure coverage gaps for more than 180 million people across eastern and southern Africa. The Inclusive Digitalization in Eastern and Southern Africa (IDEA) Program, launched recently, will focus on tackling common digital challenges including low internet coverage […]
The US State Department welcomed Morocco’s efforts to counter human trafficking in its 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report. Morocco’s crackdown on human trafficking enabled it to integrate tier 2 category of countries that made significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). Tunisia was listed among the least performing […]
The Multinational Joint Task Force in Lake Chad has stepped up operations against Boko Haram and Islamic State terrorists who escaped to Chad and Cameroon, the task force said. The task force has launched a major operation, dubbed Lake Sanity 2, to destroy all terrorist camps around Lake Chad. The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) […]
Morocco is fully committed to contributing to global efforts to combat the world drugs problem, as well as to prevent and treat drug addiction, said, this week in Vienna, the Kingdom’s Permanent Representative in Vienna, Azzeddine Farhane. The diplomat, who was speaking at a special event commemorating the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse […]
Nearly 750,000 people are on the brink of starvation in war-torn Sudan, where the conflict between rival army factions aggravates the humanitarian situation, the global authority on famine said. The war left nearly half Sudan’s 48 million population suffering from hunger in areas including the capital Khartum, according to the latest figures from the Integrated […]
The U.S. government has denounced the harassment and prosecution endured by religious minorities in Algeria, which continues to be included in the U.S. special Watch List of countries engaging or tolerating severe violations of religious freedom. In its latest annual report on international religious freedom, the U.S. State Department said Algerian authorities prosecuted last year […]
The distribution of Moroccan medical aid, dispatched to the Palestinians in the Gaza strip, on instructions of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, started on Tuesday. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) received at the “Karam Abu Salem” crossing 40 tons of medical supplies, including devices for treating burns, surgical and traumatological emergencies, […]
Human rights activists have launched an urgent appeal on the United Nations to lift the blockade on the Tindouf camps in southwestern Algeria and allow access to the camps, which are witnessing an unprecedented deterioration of human rights conditions, as reported by several international organizations. On the sidelines of the 56th session of the Human […]