Mo Ibrahim

UNHCR: Over 6,000 refugees in Morocco received financial assistance during Covid-19 crisis

UN and European officials have commended Morocco’s continued commitment to the rights of refugees, ensuring them access to public services, education, healthcare, legal protection and employment, in the same way as Moroccan citizens. At a press conference held lately in Rabat by the UNHCR on the situation of refugees in North Africa, they said that […]

UN Envoy De Mistura invites representatives of parties to Sahara conflict to bilateral consultations

The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has invited the representatives in New York of Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Polisario “to informal bilateral consultations with him,” ahead of his upcoming briefing to the Security Council due next month. The announcement was made Tuesday by Mr. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for […]

Zimbabwe bans use of foreign currencies

The government of Zimbabwe has banned the use of international currencies. The central bank said that effective immediately, currencies including the US dollar and the South African rand, in use since 2009, will no longer be accepted as legal tender. A local quasi currency known as bond notes, which was introduced in 2016 but can’t […]