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US, France at Loggerheads over UN Resolution on Sahel Antiterrorism Force

The US has expressed reservations over the French move to garner support at the UN Security council for the adoption of a resolution mandating a force by West African states to combat terrorism and trafficking in the Sahel. The US voiced its concerns regarding the UN financial backing for the Sahel force after France has […]

Rashida Tlaib, First Muslim Woman Elected to US Congress

Former Michigan state representative Rashida Tlaib has become the first Muslim woman elected to US Congress after she won a Democratic primary election to represent Michigan’s 13th district. Running in a crowded field of candidates vying to replace John Conyers Jr, who served from 1965, until retirement last year, Ms Tlaib, the daughter of Palestinian […]

Vienna: Morocco elected chair of 68th Session of UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Morocco has been elected Chair of the 68th session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) convening in Vienna from June 25 to July 2. Moroccan Prof. Rafiq Akram, Director of the Royal Space for Remote Space Sensing Centre, was picked to Chair the 68th session of COPUOS with unanimous […]