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Tripartite Business Forum: India’s and Japan’s approach to Africa centered on building, not China-style ‘extracting’

The Japan-India-Africa Business Forum, held on 26 February in Tokyo, explored opportunities for both Asian powers to collaborate on Africa’s sustainable economic development, while leveraging their expertise in technology, finance, and industrial growth. Co-hosted by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and Nikkei, the event brought together over 2,000 participants from 46 countries […]

Cameroon: UN Calls for Independent, Impartial Investigation in Feb. 14 Massacre

The UN human rights office is calling for an independent, impartial and thorough investigation into the massacre of 23 people, mostly women and children, during a military operation in a village in Cameroon’s Northwest Anglophone region on February 14. More information has emerged since this shocking attack occurred. UN human rights monitors on the ground […]

Morocco urges UNHCR to pressure Algeria to lift blockade on Tindouf camps

Morocco has reiterated its call on the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) to put pressure on Algeria to lift its blockade on the Tindouf camps where it has relegated the fate of thousands of Sahraouis to a separatist militia that trades in their suffering. Speaking before the 80th meeting of the UNHCR Standing Committee, Morocco’s representative […]