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Re-election of Moroccan Omar Hilale as President of CAR Configuration of UN peacebuilding Commission

Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Omar Hilale has been re-elected by acclamation as President of the Central African Republic Configuration of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), during the body’s first formal meeting of the year. The PBC, a subsidiary body of the Security Council and of the General Assembly, has the mandate […]

Sahara: Geneva Meeting Tests Algeria’s Good Faith

A year and a half after taking office, it seems that Mr. Horst Köhler, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, has made a diplomatic breakthrough. He has managed to bring the parties to the Sahara conflict to an initial roundtable meeting in Geneva this December 5-6 in a bid to […]

ECOWAS envisions setting up of peacekeeping force to combat West Africa’s ‘coup belt’ reputation

The Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS) leaders have agreed to establish a regional peacekeeping force to intervene in member states to help restore security and constitutional order in a region that has witnessed several coups in the past two years. West and Central Africa have made strides in the past decade to shed […]