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Nantes confronts slave trade legacy through groundbreaking memorial

The French port city of Nantes is facing its complex historical role in the Atlantic slave trade through one of Europe’s most significant commemorative sites. As France’s largest slave-trading port in the 18th century and Europe’s fourth-largest overall, the city’s maritime prosperity came at an immense human cost. The Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery […]

Morocco serves as model in deradicalization, Says UN High Commissioner Volker Türk

Morocco is a model in deradicalization, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Friday in Rabat. Speaking at a debate on “Multilateralism and the Future of Human Rights,” organized by the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Turk lauded the Kingdom as “an example” thanks to its “good practices” in […]

Libya: Leon seeks Arab League’s support to have HoR endorse GNA

UNSMIL Chief Bernardino Leon took off Monday to Egypt to seek the Arab League’s support in bringing the Libyan Political Dialogue out of deadlock. Leon will also meet Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry. The Arab League is backing the Libyan internationally recognised government and its Tobruk-based Parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR.) Leon hopes that […]