Somalia, the world’s most corrupt nation owing to terrorism, armed conflict — study

Somalia sits at the bottom on the list of 180 countries of the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index by Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International, which blames terrorism and armed conflict in the east African country for creating world’s biggest breeding ground for corruption. The never-ending conflict in Somalia remains the leading cause of the runaway corruption, […]

Did the U.S. (almost) change its policy towards Western Sahara?

The United States has for years voiced support to the settlement of the Western Sahara in the context of the United Nations and when in 2007 Morocco proposed a plan providing to grant a large autonomy to the disputed territory, Washington has expressed in unequivocal terms backing to the Plan and subsequently to the Moroccan […]

Tel Aviv lobbied European allies to back UNHRC Gaza Resolution to avoid harsher condemnations

It may sound bonkers for many analysts but a British paper claimed on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Israel’s European allies to back the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Gaza Resolution so that Israel dodges harsher criticism. UK sources told the Jew Chronicle Report that Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela […]