Sahara: UNSG highlights Spain’s support for Autonomy Plan; commends Morocco’s cooperation with MINURSO

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has highlighted in his latest report to the Security Council on the Sahara issue, Spain’s position that “considers the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 to be the most serious, credible and realistic basis for resolving” the dispute. In his report, Guterres mentions the letter addressed on March […]

Indian pharma company halts cough syrup production after Gambia child fatalities

India has halted all production at Maiden Pharmaceuticals’ main factory near New Delhi after a WHO report that the company’s cough syrups exported to the Gambia may be linked to the deaths of dozens of children there. The recent incident which has claimed the lives of 69 children, according to WHO, has come as a […]

Niger: ban of pro-Bazoum protest slated for Nov. 25

Niger authorities outlawed a protest by a civil society group that was slated for November 25 to demand the liberation of ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum and the return of the rule of law and democracy in the West African country, governed since July 26 by a junta led by General Abdourahamane Tiani. The protest, organized […]