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Morocco triples migrants’ jail terms over border stormingF

A Moroccan appeals court more than tripled to three years prison sentences against 18 African migrants over the deadly storming of a Spanish enclave in June, a lawyer said. The migrants had been arrested after some 2,000 people, mostly from Sudan, tried to breach the...

Morocco: Dozen alleged Jihadists arrested in Melilla and NadorF

Moroccan and Spanish police have dismantled a jihadist cell suspected of links to the Islamic State group, officials said Tuesday. The operation led to the arrest of 11 people in raids on Tuesday morning: nine in the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Morocco's northern...

Libya: Another gruesome mass grave unearthed in city of SirteF

Forty-two bodies have been found in a mass grave in the Libyan city of Sirte, an ex-stronghold of the Islamic State group, the country's missing persons authority said Sunday. Exhumation teams unearthed "42 unidentified bodies" after following up reports of a "mass...

Morocco withdraws government support for water-intensive crops amid debilitating droughtF

Algeria passes law further curbing press freedomF

Apr 17, 2023

Algeria's parliament on Thursday passed a law further restricting press freedom in the North African country by...

Migrations: 32 migrants perish off the coast of TunisiaF

Apr 17, 2023

The death toll after a boat carrying sub-Saharan migrants sank off Tunisia this week rose to 32 on Friday after...

Morocco arrests 70 migrants for attempting to enter Spanish enclaveF

Apr 17, 2023

Moroccan security forces on Friday foiled an attempt by 150 sub-Saharan African migrants to reach the Spanish enclave...

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