Moroccan Sahara

UNSG’s Personal Envoy highlights political, socio-economic development in Sahara

UN Chief Antonio Guterres dedicated a significant part of his report to the Security Council on the Sahara to the visit paid by his Personal Envoy Staffan de Mistura to Laâyoune and Dakhla, in the Moroccan Saharan provinces on September 5-7. In the report which has just been officially published on the United Nations’ website, […]

Germany funds Tunisia’s coastline protection with €15-million

The German Bank of Development, KfW, has earmarked €15 million to fund the Tunisian Coastal Protection Program-Phase V (PPLT), meant to protect the coasts of Tunisia against climate change consequences. KfW signed the financing agreement Wednesday with the Tunisian foreign ministry, state-run news agency TAP reports. “Protecting Tunisia’s coasts from the consequences of climate change […]

Libya: North African countries await their Sept. 11

There are suspicions that Fajr Libya (Dawn of Libya), a coalition of Islamic fighters, is planning to carry out a terrorist attack using airplanes at the Tripoli International Airport. North African countries including Nigeria have all raised their alert because of fears that the 11 missing commercial aircrafts could be used to launch an attack. […]