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Kenya to host Africa Climate Summit slated for September

The Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) will meet up in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 4-6 this year, the Kenyan leader has announced. “I am convening a Climate Action Summit in Nairobi, to take place from September 4-6, 2023. There is consensus in this meeting that Africa is the […]

Vienna: Morocco elected chair of 68th Session of UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Morocco has been elected Chair of the 68th session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) convening in Vienna from June 25 to July 2. Moroccan Prof. Rafiq Akram, Director of the Royal Space for Remote Space Sensing Centre, was picked to Chair the 68th session of COPUOS with unanimous […]

Algeria: The press freedom climate has changed for the worse

Two weeks after the imprisonment of a high-profile Algerian journalist, a former reporter has been sentenced to prison for his online commentary, cementing fears that Algeria’s new president is on track to match his predecessor’s record of enacting restrictive policies toward the press even as he has promised democratic reforms, comments the New York-based Committee […]