At least US$1 billion will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia in the coming months and early next year, the UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths predicted on Tuesday (6 September). Speaking from Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, he said that, according to a new report from an authoritative panel of independent experts, there will be […]
A politically-motivated ruling by the European Court of Justice could push Morocco towards seeking alternative markets for its fresh produce and fisheries to avoid the legal uncertainties in an EU market where international deals are now led by biased judges disconnected from reality rather than diplomats and politicians. The final ruling declared the EU trade […]
Egyptian forensic department chief Tuesday denied claims that an explosion brought down the EgyptAir plane which crashed last Thursday in the Mediterranean. “Everything published about this matter is completely false, and mere assumptions that did not come from the forensics authority,” Hesham Abdelhamid was quoted as saying. Abdelhamid debunked a report by one Egyptian official […]
