The United Nations has affirmed that no decision has so far been made on the appointment of a new UN Sahara envoy in replacement of German Horst Köhler, 76, who stepped down last May “for health reasons”. In his daily press briefing, Farhan Haq, Deputy spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, said on Tuesday “there were […]
Jean Ping, leader of the opposition in Gabon and former presidential candidate, has arrived in Paris – France – his first foreign trip since 2018 after authorities banned him from travelling and seized his passport. “I’m planning to spend a few days here,” he wrote on his Facebook page as he arrived Monday in the […]
The European Union, in a report released on Thursday, described as “astonishing” the extent of vote-rigging in last October’s elections in Mozambique. The EU observers gave a withering assessment of the polls, saying they found fraud at almost every stage of the process. The election – meant to help cement a peace deal in the […]
