Mahmoud Jibril

situation in Israel, Gaza: US announces UNSC emergency meeting on Sunday

The US Friday said the UN Security Council will hold on Sunday an emergency session on the situation in Israel and in Gaza amid escalation of violence between the two sides. The US permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield said at dawn on Friday, that “the United States will continue to […]

Mauritanian Government Lambasted at UNHC for Slavery

The Mauritanian government was rebuked at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva for its failure to abolish entirely slavery practices, which remain widespread in the West African country. A heated exchange took place between the Mauritanian government and independent national and international NGO’s calling for abolishing the abhorrent slavery practice in Mauritania as part […]

How the Collapse of Morocco’s BNDE Reshaped Banking Regulations

More than twenty years after its dramatic collapse, the Banque Nationale de Développement Économique (BNDE) continues to haunt Morocco’s financial history. Bank Al-Maghrib, led by Abdellatif Jouahri, has extended by one year the liquidation process of the former state development bank, a delay Jeune Afrique describes as reflecting the difficulty of settling the accounts of […]