Chairwoman of Moroccan foundation Co-chairs COP23 High-level Session on Education Day

Princess Lalla Hasna, chairwoman of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment Protection, and executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, co-chaired, Thursday in Bonn, the high-level session on Education Day, held under the theme “Global partnerships to combat climate change through education.” In an address she delivered at the […]

Sudan’s civil war escalation puts displaced civilians in greater peril

The brutal civil war in Sudan has taken an even darker turn as sustained attacks on displacement camps continue into a third day, leaving over 100 civilians dead, including at least 20 children and medical personnel. Witness accounts from Zamzam camp near El-Fasher, a city in western Darfur, paint a harrowing picture of families trapped […]

Benin’s Jean-Claude Talon elected new President of Africa’s tennis governing body

The Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) elected last week Jean-Claude Talon from Benin as the new President of the continent’s tennis governing body in replacement of Tarak Chérif from Tunisia who had led the organization since 2004. Jean-Claude Talon, brother of Benin’s President Patrice Talon, is the President of the West African country’s tennis Federation. […]