South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar

Coronavirus outbreak and the return to strong welfare states

The advent of the coronavirus and its tragic fallout on human lives, social order and the economy have undermined the neoliberal order as a return to the welfare state sounds best suited to deal with such repercussions.     The state has taken health, security, education and the ordinary functioning of the market into its […]

Morocco training senior UAE law enforcement officers

A group of senior Emirati police officers started this Monday a two-month training at the Royal Moroccan Police Institute within the frame of the exchange of expertise and partnership sealed between the two countries’ police institutions. The advanced training includes theoretical and practical courses on judiciary policing, the fight against crimes and forensic science. It […]

Libya: Zueitina oil port witnesses another disruption

Protesters who had subsequently disrupted operations at the oil port of Zueitina have returned again with claims that their demands for jobs have not been met, according to an engineer at the port. Loading of ships has been blocked and some oil fields prefer pumping water rather than oil to the port as a “precautionary […]