By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mosaïque FM
Steps are under way to transfer several hundred minors in Ceuta to Spain, following an increase in migrant arrivals across the border. The published report does not specify the exact number of young people concerned, which authorities are responsible for the transfer or its timetable.
Two Moroccan patrol boats intercepted a man swimming towards Ceuta after he crossed the Tarajal buoy in Spanish waters on 26 October. The swimmer was returned to Morocco after being intercepted and belonged to a group of migrants turned back following the mass arrivals at the end of July, according to Spanish daily El Faro de Ceuta.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Bladi ·
Spain has returned 16 migrants from Senegal, Nigeria, Yemen, Cameroon and Bangladesh to Morocco after their asylum applications were rejected in Ceuta, according to associations operating in the enclave and cited by TimesLIVE and Ghanaian Times. These are the first such returns since the mass border crossing in July. NGOs dispute the guarantees and the voluntary nature of some returns, Ghanaian Times reports.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: TimesLIVE ·
The content presents several topics from a news edition: a summit bringing nearly two dozen African leaders together in Moscow, the deaths of detained miners in Nigeria, and Kenya’s support for women’s sport ahead of the Youth Olympic Games in Senegal. It is a summary, with no journalistic reporting of its own on these topics, according to France 24 Afrique.
🇷🇺 Russia · Source: France 24 ·
Qatar has presented Iran with a draft agreement to end the war, with a timetable of seven days of daily confidence-building measures for Tehran and Washington. Tehran is expected to respond by the end of the week, according to an official quoted by Reuters and SABC News. Several countries could guarantee the agreement, whose implementation could begin as early as next week.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Source: Daily Maverick ·
Mohammed VI says port projects must benefit local communitiesMohammed VI called for the Nador West Med and Tanger Med port projects to benefit the provinces concerned and tangibly improve living conditions. At a working meeting in Rabat on Wednesday 28 October, the king also called for faster training for young people in jobs created by these activities, according to Libe Maroc.
Restrictions reportedly target Algerian urea exports to FranceA major Algerian urea producer has reportedly asked traders to stop selling their cargoes to French buyers, according to three diplomatic sources cited by Reuters. The trade restriction, which has not been officially confirmed by Algeria, could be linked to worsening economic relations between Algiers and Paris, RFI reported.The week in Africa
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