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Speaker of Latin America’s Parliament, Jorge Pizarro Estéban Soto, has voiced firm backing to the efforts made by the Secretary General of the United Nations for the resolution of the Sahara issue. Speaking to journalists after meeting Wednesday in Rabat Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita, Mr. Estéban Soto said talks were an opportunity for the […]
The second party in the Tunisian parliament, Heart of Tunisia, will not be part of Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh’s expected cabinet despite lobbies by various other parties including Ennahdah movement. Nominal Prime Minister Fakhfah is expected per the constitution to provide President Kais Saied the list of his cabinet, on Friday. Fathi Ayadi, a prominent […]
An attack Monday on the village of Bakali, in the Giwa region, by several armed attackers killed at least 25 civilians and injured many others. In addition, fighters from the Islamic State group in West Africa (ISWAP), a branch of Boko Haram affiliated with Islamic State, attacked a military post in the village of Tungushe, […]
Forty elements of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group were captured in Beni region, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a massacre of civilians, the UN Mission in the country said on Wednesday. “On February 9, 2020, at around 10:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. GMT), a joint action (peacekeepers – Congolese army) launched against […]
The United Nations Wednesday deplored refusal by forces aligned with renegade Khalifa Haftar to allow UN flights land in Tripoli noting that the move impedes the UN humanitarian and peace efforts in the crisis-hit North African country. “The UN in Libya regrets that its regular flights that transport our staff to and from Libya have […]
The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) has called on donors to provide $4.2 million this year to help continue providing critical programs that support former child soldiers in South Sudan. Since 2015, UNICEF has supported the release and reintegration of 3,677 children who were used by armed forces and armed groups in South Sudan. […]
The European Union, in a report released on Thursday, described as “astonishing” the extent of vote-rigging in last October’s elections in Mozambique. The EU observers gave a withering assessment of the polls, saying they found fraud at almost every stage of the process. The election – meant to help cement a peace deal in the […]
King Mohammed VI inaugurated on Wednesday in the Souss Massa region new platforms and cultural projects meant to promote youths’ integration in the job market, stimulate their initiative and entrepreneurship spirit, guarantee their better socio-economic integration and nurture their hope in the future. In the town of Ait Melloul (Inezgane-Aït Melloul prefecture), the Monarch […]
The recently concluded 33rd African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa was marked by the formal inauguration of the new headquarters of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services (CISSA) in the Ethiopian capital, with a pledge to intensify inter-African security cooperation. The CISSA, set up sixteen years ago, is tasked with providing the […]
Moroccan and Spanish professional football leagues, LNFP and La Liga, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to share experience in several areas including management, marketing and trading. The agreement, signed in Madrid on Tuesday, will enable the Moroccan side led by Saïd Naciri to take a leaf out of La Liga’s book in various […]