2019 Global Policy Forum (GFP) in Kigali

Severe floods in Nigeria kill more than 600, slow shipments of aid

The heavy flooding in Nigeria, which has covered farms and roads and slowed shipments of food and fuel, has now displaced more than 1 million people from their homes, with the death toll already surpassing 600. The country’s authorities are struggling to free up the gridlock, as a jump in prices is already making life […]

Algeria’s outburst over UK’s Sahara stance exposes its role as genuine party to the conflict

Algeria’s vehement reaction to the United Kingdom’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan in Western Sahara has done more than express diplomatic discontent. It laid bare Algiers’ transformation from a behind-the-scenes sponsor and host of the Polisario militias to the undisguised principal actor in the decades-old territorial dispute. In a statement laced with indignation, Algeria’s foreign […]

Spain applauds Morocco’s election to UNHRC Presidency

The Spanish government, represented by its Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares, expressed its satisfaction with Morocco’s election to the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). “We are pleased that a friendly and neighboring country occupies this international position,” Albares said in an exclusive interview with Spanish outlet El Periódico, published […]