first secretary of the Saharawi movement for peace, Hach Ahmed Barikala, & UN Secretary General

Gulf Crisis: Trump Sides with KSA against Qatar

The US President Tuesday shocked his own administration after he took the Saudi side in the crisis involving Qatar and several of its neighbors. Donald Trump boasted via several tweets that the speech he delivered two weeks ago in Riyadh “was already paying off” adding that Qatar has been singled out as terrorism supporter. “So […]

Kenya offers to lead UN-backed police mission to restore order in crisis-hit Haiti

After nearly a year of calls from the Haiti’s prime minister for armed intervention from abroad, Kenya is the first country to have now offered to lead a police force to help restore order to the island nation, where gangs that control vast parts of the country’s capital have fomented violence. UN Secretary-General António Guterres […]

Mali: UN helicopter blown over after landing in Gao injuring 11 onboard

A helicopter belonging to the UN peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) capsized Thursday owing to winds and injured 11 on board. “One of our helicopters was blown over today after landing in Gao, northern Mali”, the Mission said on Twitter. “This was not a crash. Crew and passengers are all accounted for with 2 seriously […]