G20 Japan 2019

Mali cancels Air France’s clearance to resume flights

Malian authorities have nullified authorization given to Air France to resume flights to the West African country after the airline suspended its services in August 2023. The decision came a day after Air France announced plans to resume flights to Mali from Friday October 13. The airline suspended on August 7 its flights to Mali, […]

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 84,345 in 2018; Deaths Reach 1,777

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 84,345 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 3 October, with 38,451 to Spain, the leading destination this year. The data show a drop in the region’s total arrivals compared with 139,677 arrivals across the region through the same period last year, and 312,153 at […]

Sahara: UN Envoy Briefs Security Council on Second Round of Talks

The Personal Envoy of UN Secretary-General for the Sahara Horst Köhler briefed on Tuesday the Security Council on the first roundtable meeting held in Geneva Dec. 5-6 on the Sahara that brought together Morocco, Algeria, the Polisario and Mauritania. During this briefing and consultation held in accordance with resolution 2440, Köhler updated the Security Council […]