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RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco plans to authorize councils for the Jewish community inside the country and abroad, according to the Royal Palace. A proposal regarding the formation of the councils was presented during a Cabinet meeting headed by King Mohammed VI on Wednesday, Palace spokesman Abdul Haq al-Marini said. During the meeting, Interi...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s proposed constitution by President Kais Saied lacks “mechanisms to protect rights,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) has observed. In a statement, the New York-based rights group said the constitution “enumerates many rights but eviscerates the checks and balances needed to protect them.” The dra...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The Malian government has decided to suspend all military and police contingent rotations of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Rotations that have already been announced or are scheduled will also be affected by the suspension. The suspension will last till a f...
Banjul, Gambia – (AFP) A Gambian court on Wednesday sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. High Court Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara pronounced the sentence against the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, Yankuba Badj...
Rabat, Morocco – (AFP) At least 23 migrants who died last month in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco likely “suffocated”, Morocco’s state-backed CNDH rights group said on Wednesday. The death toll after around 2,000 people, many from Sudan, stormed the frontier on June 24 was the worst ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The presidents of Chad and Niger pledged Wednesday to revive the G5 Sahel military grouping after Mali’s exit from the West African force. Niger’s Mohamed Bazoum and his counterpart Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said this at a joint press conference following their meeting in the Chadian capital, N’Djamena. The ann...
PARIS (AA) – The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commission has called on Spain to ensure that humane border control measures are conducted which do not lead to rights violations after dozens of migrants died last month while trying to scale a border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. In the aftermath […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz held talks over the phone on Wednesday to discuss regional and international developments. The Egyptian Presidency said in a statement that discussions between the two leaders also dwelt on issues of common interest. Last month, Saudi Crown Prince Moham...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Three UN agencies have said that more than 112,400 people had been displaced by drought in Somalia by June 22 — a 231% increase compared to May. The Banadir region, where the nation’s capital of Mogadishu is located, has received 60% of new arrivals. The UN said about 72% of movements […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Wednesday lifted force majeure on the terminals of Zueitina and Brega after almost four months of closure. In a statement, NOC said a tanker was allowed to carry condensate for use in power generation in Libya’s eastern region. Outgoing NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla said negotiatio...
