The UNSMIL has welcomed the appointment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet of the three-member independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya (FFML). The FFML will be chaired by Moroccan former Minister of Justice Mohamed Auajjar and includes Tracy Robinson of Jamaica and Chaloka Beyani of Zambia and the UK. “This appointment comes at […]
The newly appointed UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara Staffan de Mistura is off to a bad start after concluding a first regional tour marked by Algeria’s unwillingness to uphold its responsibility as a main party to the conflict. After holding talks with Morocco’s foreign minister in Rabat and a visit to the […]
The toll of the fires ravaging northern Algeria, especially Kabylie, continues to grow heavier. At least 42 people, including 17 civilians and 25 soldiers, have lost their lives due to asphyxiation after fires ravaged vast areas of the Kabylie region, where an independence movement is growing. The fires, which started Monday evening, killed 17 civilians, […]
