Mali regime ends Algiers Accord with Tuareg rebels
Mali’s junta axes the Algiers Accord, a nine year peace agreement with the Tuareg rebels, according to Reuters. The termination...
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African leaders condemn Israel for Gaza war
African leaders have condemned Israel’s war in Gaza and urge an immediate end to hostilities, according to Africa News and...
Morocco wins UN Human Rights Council Presidency
Morocco won the Presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) following a vote in Geneva which took place...
Jihadists killed dozens of civilians according to Burkinabe officials
Burkina Faso’s rulers claimed on December 18 that jihadists were killing dozens of civilians in the country’s north, according to...
Tunisia: Protestors commemorate Hamas leader’s 2016 murder
About 1,000 protesters, many of whom chanted "Free Palestine" gathered in Sfax, in east-central Tunisia, to mark the seventh anniversary...
Camp in Mali surrendered by UN peacekeeping mission
UN Multi-dimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) handed over one of its last camps to the West African country’s...
Tunisian film star resigns as UN ambassador over Gaza conflict
The World Food Program’s (WFP) ambassador resigned from her post over the UN agency’s stance on the Gaza conflict, reports...
UN to carry out investigation into Burkina Faso killings
On November 15, the United Nations sounded the alarm bells at mass killings in a town in Burkina Faso, according...
UN chief urges Algeria to clarify stance on Western Sahara issue
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the Algerian government to clarify its stance on the situation in the Western Sahara,...
Mali: UN mission pulls out of troubled region
The Sahel region is slowly falling into the hands of terror groups, following coups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger,...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: Libya’s ‘curb your enthusiasm’ a year on
As the world busies itself with ever-newer crises and conflagrations, the UN continues to stumble through its bargain-making efforts in...
Burkina Faso: Minister warns against intervention in Niger
A minister for the government of Burkina Faso has warned the West against repeating the bungled intervention of Libya in...
UN says that Libya floods displaced 43,000
In the aftermath of a catastrophic flood disaster in Libya's city of Derna, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) disclosed...
Devastating Mauritania Floods Displace Many
Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding for many towns in Mauritania. An outpouring of rain from a village situated in...
Over 400 rescued over two days off Tunisian & Libyan coasts
A French NGO, SOS Méditerranée, has been responsible for saving 438 migrants through a rescue ship called Ocean Viking in...
