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Israel and Morocco agreed to exchange ambassadors and open full embassies at a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz in New York on Wednesday.

Spain’s National Court on Wednesday ruled to halt the opening of a new “temporary” illegal migrant shelter near the Port of Ceuta that has been the subject of protests by locals and questioned by a national police union.

Madrid is reportedly planning to give beds to 10,000 illegals in Spain’s North African Ceuta exclave, undermining claims made by the Sánchez government and indicating that the crisis facing the small city is nowhere near over.

A group of Ceuta residents and workers on Tuesday formed a human chain to protest against a new migrant shelter the Spanish socialist central government is preparing near the embattled exclave’s port.

Spanish authorities have documented 35 different sexual assault cases at Ceuta in the first 45 days since the late July migrant invasion of the city, Andalusian Senior Prosecutor Ana Tárrago disclosed on Monday.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) warned on Thursday that Ebola is still spreading through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and while cases have declined in the original outbreak region of Ituri province, more infections are being found in the neighboring provinces of North Kivu and Haut-Uele.

Africell, the only American-owned telecommunications company in Africa, will receive a $99.6 million EXIM loan to compete with China.

The Islamic regime in Morocco released a statement Thursday rejecting accusations of its alleged involvement in the mass illegal migrant invasion of Ceuta — affirming “no evidence, facts, or reports” can substantiate said allegations.

A wildlife camp owned by soccer coach Carlos Queiroz in northern Mozambique was attacked by insurgents on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of at least three Americans who were hunting in the area when the attack occurred.

Nine out of every ten Spaniards accuse Morocco of being behind the illegal migrant invasion of Ceuta, a poll released Monday shows.

The U.N. voted Friday to promote reworked map projections that enhance Africa’s size, a move it claims will “more accurately reflect the true size of continents” – the culmination of an African-led campaign against the 16th-century Mercator projection, still the most widely used depiction in the world.

Socialist Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez on Thursday insisted before Congress there is no “solid proof” the government of Morocco drove the massive migrant invasion of Ceuta.

Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards gathered in the streets of Spain’s major cities Wednesday evening to peacefully protest against the Socialist government of Pedro Sánchez and in support of embattled Ceuta locals amid the unresolved migrant invasion of the city.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping was greeted at the airport in Cairo by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi and his wife Entisar Amer on Tuesday, as Xi flew from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Kazakhstan to make a state visit to Egypt.

The government of Nigeria confirmed on Tuesday that the United States had initiated the planned withdrawal of about 200 troops deployed in the country in February to combat radical Islamic terrorists.

Invading migrants attempted to storm their way into a local Ceuta migrant shelter on Monday prompting Spanish police officials to fire warning shots to disperse the illegals.

The military government of Niger, which seized power in a 2023 coup, claimed on Sunday it was able to suppress a violent 24-hour “mutiny” by disgruntled soldiers with the aid of Russian mercenaries.

More than 2,900 people have died as a result of the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, authorities announced Monday.

Spanish law enforcement officials on Sunday night detained three Moroccan illegal migrants involved in throwing bottles filled with corrosive liquids at military officials in Ceuta.

A U.N. committee warned Monday a host countries are legally bound to offer immediate cash settlements as reparations for the transatlantic slave trade alongside other yet to be determined measures – including, but not limited to “truth commissions” – to address the “enduring legacy of racial discrimination” it cautions still envelops the world to this day.

A Dutch court convicted a Rwandan man of participation in his home country’s 1994 genocide and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Ceuta residents are protesting nightly, tearing down and even burning migrant tents, and engaging in tense standoffs with pro-migrant NGOs. 

Hundreds of Ceuta residents on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest against the Spanish government over its plans to shelter invading migrants in several local facilities and public sports centers. The protest was organized by local communities who are fed up

Torrential rains caused a gigantic pile of garbage to become a deadly landslide in Guinea’s capital city of Conakry on Sunday morning, killing at least 30 people as homes were completely buried under the avalanche of refuse.

Ceuta’s hospitality industry is on the brink of collapse as a result of last month’s massive illegal migrant invasion of the Spanish enclave, local hoteliers warn.

A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of southern Tunisia, killing at least two people and leaving 12 missing, Tunisia’s national guard said Saturday. One survivor was rescued.

The first group of illegal migrants has landed in Liberia after the African nation agreed to take 1,200 illegals.

Spain’s socialist government is preparing the “urgent” mainland transfer of more than 500 unaccompanied minor migrant girls that entered Ceuta during the late July mass invasion of the enclave.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday issued a formal apology to the president of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, for violence perpetrated against Mozambican nationals during South Africa’s recent anti-migrant protests.

Officials from the African country of Liberia have announced an agreement with the Trump administration to accept 1,200 migrants.

The runaway Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has passed 5,000 cases, government data showed Wednesday, as responders warned a global health emergency is now unfolding.

A staggering 191 percent surge in illegal migrant arrivals at Ceuta preceded the massive late July invasion of the exclave, Spanish government authorities documented Monday.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed that at least 2,325 people have died of Ebola infections.

Hundreds of illegal migrants that stormed Ceuta staged a protest on Sunday demanding the Spanish government grant them immediate asylum benefits including – but not limited to – food, shelter, medical treatment, and freedom of movement to mainland Spain and beyond to the rest of Europe.

Spanish Health Minister Mónica García on Sunday denied the collapse of Ceuta’s healthcare system following the recent migrant invasion of the city — attributing such claims to alleged “xenophobic” messages linking illegals with disease.