Horst Köhler à Paris

France’s Candidate Audrey Azoulay nominated UNESCO Director-General

The 58 members of UNESCO’s Executive Board Friday (October 13) nominated France’s candidate Audrey Azoulay for the position of Director-General of the Organization, after five rounds of voting that began on 9 October. Azoulay, 45, a former French culture minister, and Qatari Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari were the two frontrunners who made it to finals […]

Electric Cars, Dirty Origins: Volkswagen’s Supply Chain Tied to African Conflict Minerals

As Volkswagen accelerates toward a greener, electric future, a growing body of evidence reveals a darker reality behind the company’s clean-energy ambitions. A new investigation by DW and De Groene Amsterdammer has found that several smelters connected to the conflict minerals trade in Africa are part of Volkswagen’s sprawling global supply chain. The minerals in […]

Morocco’s air and sea borders open to Moroccan expatriates, foreign residents from July 14

Moroccan citizens settled abroad and foreigners settled in Morocco as well as their family members will be able to enter the Kingdom, from July 14, 2020, at midnight, said the government in a statement. Moroccan expatriates and foreigners settled in Morocco as well as their family members will be able to access the national territory, […]