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The Israeli Knesset hosted on Wednesday evening, for the first time in its history, a ceremony in Moroccan colors on the occasion of Mimouna, the traditional holiday of Moroccan Jews, which has become a public event celebrated every year in the country. The Mimouna, propagated by Moroccan Jews, is held directly on the night of […]
The UN Refugee Agency has called on Tunisia to respect the rights of sub-Saharan migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who are suffering ill-treatment, harassment, and oppression from the security forces of Kais Saied’s regime. In a press release issued Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees voiced deep concern over the latest violent incidents that […]
The head of Catholic Church Pope Francis Sunday called on Tunisian youth “not to lose hope and build a future of peace and fraternity in face of economic and social challenges.” Addressing 100,000 people gathered at the Saint Peter’s Square, in the Vatican, the Pope touched on ongoing conflicts around the world and called for […]
The two camps — Assamaka in Niger and Dadaab in Kenya — are more than 5000 kilometers apart but both swell with migrants or refugees who have embarked on a long and difficult journey looking for safety from conflict or drought. Assamaka, the first village on the border with Niger, sees the arrival of hundreds […]
The Moroccan Government has strongly condemned the Israeli forces raid on Al Aqsa Mosque, third holiest site in Islam, denouncing the violent attack of worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan. Morocco, whose King Mohammed VI chairs Al Quds Committee, stresses the need for the respect the legal, religious and historical status of Al Quds […]
Reporters Without Borders fears reporting in Africa’s Sahel region will soon be ‘mission impossible’, as the international NGO reveals in its latest report published on Monday (3 April) where it describes a deterioration in the working conditions of journalists. Local and international media are caught between jihadist threats and pressure from the authorities, as was […]
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has called on Tunisian regime to publicly condemn racist hate speech against sub-Saharan migrants, immediately halt their arrests and collective detentions, and release those who are arbitrarily detained, especially women and children. In a statement issued this Tuesday under its early warning and urgent action […]
The Sahrawi Movement for Peace (SMP) denounced on Monday the aggression perpetrated by Polisario elements against members of the family of Haj Ahmed Barikallah, first secretary of the MSP in the camp known as Dakhla, in Algeria, alerting against a wave of repression in this camp. In letters addressed to the European Parliament and the […]
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is on track, but more efforts are needed, experts say, as presently intra-Africa trade stands low at just 14.4% of total African exports. A low intra-continental, as well as global trade pattern by African countries, has mainly been attributed to a lack of adequate infrastructure, climate change, structural […]
Amnesty International’s 2023 report titled “State of the World’s Human Rights” says that Africa, on the whole, continues to make progress toward respect for individual rights from speech to political association, though it paints a grim picture of Southern Africa, highlighting troubling abuses in Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Africa has shown “limited […]