new emir of AQMI Abu 0beïda Youssef Al-Annabi

Egypt : Election dates to be shuffled amid tensions

Signs of shaking up the transitional road-map set up by the military after the coup d’état against Mohammed Morsi have emerged after Interim President Adly Mansour hinted that they can hold presidential elections before the parliamentary polls. Egypt is still in a critical situation as the Muslim Brotherhood and it supporters continue to demand the […]

UN Secretary-General “outraged” by attack on Malian village; calls for dialogue

The UN Secretary-General said he was “outraged” by the “barbaric” attack on Sobanou-Kou village in central Mali that killed at least 95 civilians, including women and children, and injured many others.   Antonio Guterres also “strongly” condemned the attack and called on the Malian authorities “to investigate this tragedy”, according to a statement issued by […]

Washington urges U.N. Chief to speed up appointment of new Sahara Envoy

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has called on U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to expedite the appointment of a new U.N. envoy for the Sahara in replacement of Horst Köhler, who stepped down on May 19, 2019 for “health reasons”.   The call was made during the virtual meeting held Monday by the U.S. […]