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Mali’s ruling junta has asked prosecutors to probe the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA for “espionage” just days after the government in Bamako called on the United Nations to withdraw its peacekeeping mission from the West African country “without delay,” denouncing its “failure” to respond to security challenges. These accusations come following a UN report which […]
Deadly violence broke out around Sierra Leone’s main opposition party headquarters on Wednesday, just three days before a general election, in which incumbent President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second and final term. At least one supporter of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) was killed by the police, a spokesperson for the APC […]
The ruling Algerian junta has suffered another diplomatic setback after 36 countries have expressed in Geneva their firm support to Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying the opening by several countries of consulates in the cities of Dakhla and Laayoune is a clear recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara. […]
East African Community (EAC) countries expect overall national government spending to rise in the upcoming financial year that starts on 1 July 2023 and ends on 30 June 2024. Finance ministers from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda are to present their annual 2023/2024 budgets under a common theme before their respective parliaments on Thursday June […]
As the world commemorates the World Refugee Day this June 20, the African Union (AU) has reminded that the refugee problem continues to be a persistent challenge on the African continent due to complex factors, perhaps most notably conflicts and political instability affecting parts of Africa. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa region […]
Twenty people had been reported arrested by Ugandan police for suspected collaboration with the notorious militia group blamed for last Friday’s (16 June) horrific attack on a school near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Uganda reels from its deadliest attack in more than a decade after the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a […]
The integrated action plan of the national roadmap for the eradication of child labor in Morocco by 2030, was adopted, Monday in Rabat, during a national tripartite seminar organized under the chairmanship of the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Younes Sekkouri. The action plan, adopted as part of the Kingdom’s commitment to achieving target 8.7 of […]
The national Conference on the protection of children in contact with the law kicked off on Monday in Skhirat, in the presence of a host of eminent figures from the political, legal and cultural worlds. Initiated by the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in partnership with UNICEF, and with the support of the European […]
The Union of Arab Journalists has reaffirmed strong support for Morocco’s autonomy plan offered the Sahara under its sovereignty and reiterated its steadfast backing for the Kingdom’s territorial integrity against plots of division and separatism. In a statement released following its meeting held June 17-18 in Baghdad, the Union said the Moroccan Autonomy Plan offers […]
Gabon’s leader Ali Bongo is expected in the attendance of “Nouveau Pacte financier Mondial”, a global Summit staged in Paris June 22-23 seeking to increase funding for the least developed countries and those most vulnerable to climate change. The event co-organized by France, India (chair of the G20) and Barbados will be attended by several […]