Over 300,000 Africans Could Die of COVID-19 (ECA Report)

More than 300,000 Africans could lose their life to Covid-19 if the continent does not receive the adequate protection, warns the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). In a report released this Friday, the ECA says Africa’s fragile health systems could see additional costs being imposed on them because of the coronavirus pandemic, which so […]

The UN prepares formal proposal on new Sahara talks

The United Nations is preparing a formal proposal to reinvigorate talks on settling the decades-old regional conflict over the Saharan provinces, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said. The spokesperson said in a briefing that the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara Christopher Ross made a formal proposal to the parties […]

Tunisian Presidency sues another blogger in military court

Tunisian blogger Amina Mansour will appear this Monday before the military court after a lawsuit lodged by the office of President Kais Saied over a Facebook post, one month after the same court sentenced Slim Jebali, a prominent blogger, to three months in prison. Amina Mansour is sued by the office of the President for […]