Morocco
FIFA opens Africa office in Morocco, launches U-17 cup
FIFA inaugurated a new regional office in Rabat to support football development in North and West Africa, according to Moroccan
Libyan authorities detained around 1,500 undocumented migrant workers in a raid east of Tripoli Saturday, according to AFP. Labour Minister Ali al-Abed said the migrants lacked legal documents and were living in unsafe, unregulated housing. The workers, mostly from Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa, will be transferred to official centres, with legal proceedings pending. The crackdown follows renewed EU-Libya talks on irregular migration.
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Morocco
FIFA opens Africa office in Morocco, launches U-17 cup
FIFA inaugurated a new regional office in Rabat to support football development in North and West Africa, according to Moroccan
Egypt
Sisi welcomes France’s Palestinian statehood push
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi voiced support for France’s plan to recognize Palestinian statehood at the UN in September, according
Sahel
Sahel alliance accelerates plans for new regional bank
Finance ministers from the Alliance of Sahel States — Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger — agreed in Niamey to fast-track capital release
Morocco
Dozens of children swim to Spain’s Ceuta enclave from Morocco
At least 54 children and 30 adults swam through rough seas from Morocco to Spain’s North African enclave of