acting UN envoy for Libya Stephanie Turco Williams

Ethiopian PM’s call for Red Sea port access sends jitters across Horn of Africa

Horn of Africa is concerned about a new war in the battle-scarred region after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s call for a direct port access on the Red Sea, asserting that access to the sea is an existential question. Ethiopia is abuzz with rumors of a looming war in the region after Abiy reportedly told […]

Tunisia haunted by mafia of terrorists and smugglers, FM

Tunisian foreign minister said Saturday in Paris that security is deteriorating in his country because of combined activity between terrorists and traffickers and called for an international coordinated response to the threatening surge in terrorism. It is “a Mafia made up of terrorists and human traffickers,” Taieb Baccouche said at a debate organised by Tunisia’s […]

Ghanaian diplomat appointed as new UN envoy to Libya

The United Nations chief announced he has appointed Hanna Serwaa Tetteh of Ghana as the global body’s new envoy to Libya, replacing Senegal’s Abdoulaye Bathily who stepped down last April. The former foreign minister of Ghana, who more recently has been Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s special representative to the Horn of Africa, is the 10th person […]