UNODC: Counterfeit medicines kill 270,000 people a year in the Sahel

The trafficking of counterfeit medicines in the countries of the Sahel leads to the death of 270,000 people a year, revealed the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). In its most recent report, UNODC highlights the consequences of the intense trafficking of counterfeit medicines in the countries of the Sahel, fueled by the […]

Spain’s judicial handling of Brahim Ghali case, a “legal farce”

The Canary-Sahrawi Forum, an association gathering nationals from the Moroccan Sahara and Canary Islands, slammed on Friday the superficial and hasty handling by the Spanish justice of the case of the chief of the polisario militia, Brahim Ghali, describing it “a legal farce”. The Spanish NGO denounced the lenient handling by the Spanish justice of […]

Libya: Pressure mounts on rival parties as October 20 deadline looms

Pressure on rival Libyan political protagonists to endorse the UN-proposed government is increasingly upping with the international community and UN Security Council pushing hard, despite strong division within camps, to back Leon’s proposed government. On Sunday a number of countries, friends of Libya, called on the political protagonists to swiftly back and implement the UN […]