Morocco successfully stopped Algeria from falsely claiming the Moroccan "caftan el-ntaa" as Algerian heritage during a UNESCO meeting in Paraguay. Moroccan UNESCO ambassador Samir Addaher’s formal objection led the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage to remove the disputed image from Algeria’s submission. This marked the first objection accepted in UNESCO history. Morocco’s Ministry of Culture provided evidence proving the caftan’s Fassi origin, preserving its cultural integrity.
Libyan writer and politician Samir Shegwara has been arrested on national security charges after publishing documents that allegedly link Libya’
Drastic funding cuts at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), triggered by the Trump administration, have halted critical health programs
Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, a Tunisian opposition figure arrested in February 2023 on state conspiracy charges, has begun a hunger strike,
According to reporting by Africa Intelligence, while France's army in Senegal is due to leave the country by
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