The Trump administration is poised to add several African countries, including Nigeria, to a US travel ban list. According to local media, the White House is considering Tanzania, Eritrea, Sudan and Nigeria for the new travel restrictions, to coincide with the three-year anniversary of Trump’s original executive order, which targeted majority Muslim nations. […]
The UN Human Rights Committee on Thursday denounced the retaliation practices used by Algerian authorities against the victims of human rights abuses to force them not to denounce their abusers. “International obligations require Algeria to protect and support victims and witnesses of human rights violations,” said an expert of the committee during the review of […]
The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, looks forward to relaunching talks on the Sahara in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2414, say U.S. press reports. The last round of UN-brokered negotiations on the issue was held in 2012. The Former UN envoy for the Sahara failed to settle this […]
