Moroccan peace keepers

Red Cross Workers in Mali Abducted by Al Qaeda-Linked Islamists

A Red Cross team working in northern Mali has been kidnapped by an al Qaeda-linked Islamist group known as the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), a spokesperson for the militants said earlier this week. The MUJAO official also told the media by telephone fromm the country’s capital, Bamako, that the members […]

Geneva: Polisario militia should be held accountable for war crime of child soldier recruitment

The Algeria-backed armed militia of Polisario should be prosecuted for war crimes committed by recruiting child soldiers in blatant violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention. At a meeting held Thursday on the sidelines of the ongoing 55th session of UN Human Rights Council, participants urged the international community to take firm action […]

Tunisia’s President dies leaving fears of power vacuum

Tunisia’s President Béji Caïd Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 93 after he was hospitalized with a severe illness in late June leaving Tunisia in a power vacuum ahead of elections. Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically elected president following the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. A government statement called him one of Tunisia’s […]