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Morocco uses threat of migrants to force Spain to change its position on the Western Sahara conflictF

Morocco-Spain relations facing new challenges as Morocco focuses solely on Western Sahara politics By Hazel Ward, with Daniel Silva in Madrid - Migrants were still trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Wednesday after a record 8,000 people...

Tunisia: 17 Europe-bound migrants drown off TunisiaF

At least 17 migrants drowned as a boat sank off Tunisia, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday, citing two survivors rescued near an oil platform. IOM said the boat had left on Tuesday from the port of Zwara in Libya, a key gateway for...

Sahel: Jihadists in Mali resorting in gruesome practice of amputating hands and feet of suspected thievesF

UN peacekeepers in Mali on Thursday offered to help bring to justice jihadists behind the amputation of suspected thieves' hands and feet, an apparent revival of a practice that had all but vanished. Speaking on condition of anonymity, local sources in Tin-Hama in...

Algeria: Unable to govern, unpopular regime uses repression to stay in powerF

(Photo: Policemen in plain clothes assaulting an elderly man in Algiers) - The UN voiced alarm Tuesday at reports of sexual violence in detention and disproportionate use of force against protesters in Algeria, calling for investigations into all alleged abuses. The...

Tunisia: Child migrant crossings from Tunisia take on alarming proportionsF

Mar 17, 2022

A record number of irregular migrants under 18 years old reached Italy from Tunisia last year, more than quadrupling...

Egypt: Price of subsidized bread up by as much as 50% in Egypt, threatening stabilityF

Mar 17, 2022

By Bassem Aboualabass Soaring bread prices sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have bitten into the purchasing...

Migrations: 70 migrants missing off Libya coast, presumed deadF

Mar 17, 2022

Around 70 migrants are presumed dead after going missing off the Libyan coast since late February, the International...

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