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Libya: UN Advisor Stephanie Williams to remain in office at least for one more month; delay in appointment of new envoy

The UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser for Libya, Stephanie Williams, is set to remain in office for at least one more month in office, Italian news agency Nova has learned. Unnamed Libyan sources reportedly told the agency the US diplomat will remain in the post, because of the vacancy for a chief of the U.N. […]

USDA: Morocco, 15th-largest fruit exporter in the world

Morocco’s fruit exports have more than doubled from $729 million recorded in 2016 to more than $1.5 billion in 2021, accounting for more than a third of the total agricultural exports in 2021. According to latest International Agricultural Report released by the US Department of Agriculture, the North African Kingdom has become the 15th-largest fruit […]

Mozambique’s forgotten war: over 120 children abducted by Islamist insurgents

At least 120 children have been abducted in recent days by Islamist insurgents in Mozambique’s northern oil-rich Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported, adding that they were reportedly being forced into labor, used to transport looted goods, and in some cases turned into child soldiers or forced into marriage. The kidnappings mark […]