TunisAir CEO Olfa Hamdi

Germany’s GIZ, Swiss SIPPO commit to promoting Morocco’s Zagora dates

Germany’s Development agency GIZ and Swiss Import Promotion Program (SIPPO) have pledged to help Morocco’s exporters’ union Asmex promote Zagora dates marketing at home and abroad.   The three parties will, under their partnership, make all their technical resources and networks available to dates producers, providing them with global support to strengthen their management and […]

Washington–Riyadh diplomacy intensifies to broker humanitarian pause in Sudan war

Diplomatic engagement between the United States and Saudi Arabia has accelerated in a bid to secure a humanitarian truce in Sudan, envisioned as a precursor to a broader ceasefire between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. On 7 January 2026, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Waleed Al-Khereiji, met Sudanese army chief and […]

Sahara: The Three Scenarios after Horst Köhler’s Resignation

After serving for just 25 months as Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Horst Köhler quitted his UN job for “health reasons”. His resignation raises the possibility of three scenarios. After replacing US Christopher Ross in April 2017 as Personal Envoy of the UN SG for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, a former […]