In ethnically diverse Mauritania, the government appears to have turned deaf ears to the demands of the global Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, continuing policies which reproduce systemic anti-Black racism. As the world continues to…
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In an outbreak of infectious disease, speed of response is crucial—every day of delay allows the virus to spread further. But you can’t react effectively to a virus if you can’t detect it. The discovery of Mauritania’s first COVID-19 case was…
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Tags : Mauritania, coronavirus, covid 19, pandemic,
New parents, Alhadi, a refugee from Sudan, and his Somali wife, Umalkeyr, sit cradling their 20-day-old son in a blanket as they wait to see a doctor. The young couple have come to get medical care for baby Ayman, who has a persistent gastric problem. Libya is still grappling with …
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Tags : Libya, lockdown, UNHCR,
Like its neighboring countries in the region, Morocco is faced with the challenge of sustainably developing and managing its water resources. With its growing population, rapid urbanization, and developing economy – including industrial growth in the mining and agricultural sectors, both heavy water users – mitigating Morocco’s water scarcity is a national priority. The growing uncertainty of such a critical resource is becoming an additional source of tension and potential instability both in Morocco and across the region.
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What is the best way to describe the conflict in Libya? Is it a civil war between competing factions? Or has the conflict in fact morphed into a proxy war where there are several competing agendas at work? We all know the sordid history that has taken place in the country since the ouster of Qadaffi…
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Tags : Libya, proxy war, Gaddafi,
The shareholders of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have approved an application by Algeria to become a member of the multilateral financial institution. The Algerian authorities made a request…
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Tags : Algeria, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD,
Libya has been wracked by civil war for nearly a decade following the overthrow of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. As warring factions, including the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Government of National Accord (GNA), vie for influence, foreign influence has grown in the country, with the agreement signed by Turkey and the GNA for Mediterranean …
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The rapid development of events in Libya have led to the consent of the rebel general Khalifa Haftar[2] to talks with the internationally recognized government in Tripoli. They would seek a peaceful solution to the six-year-long civil war in that widespread rich state based on the Cairo initiative…
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Tags : Libya, Haftar, Tripoli, Benghazi,
On March 19, 2020, the Government Council approved draft law No. 22.20 on the use of social networks, open broadcasting networks or similar networks, which was presented by the Minister of Justice. According to the Minster of Justice, the text aims at filling a legal loophole in order to…
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Tags : Morocco, socia media,