Financial Action Task force

UN appeals for $6 Billion to cope with Sudan’s severe hunger crisis

The United Nations has launched on Monday February 17 an urgent appeal for $6 billion in humanitarian aid to alleviate what it has described as the world’s worst-ever hunger crisis in Sudan, exacerbated by ongoing civil conflict. This plea comes amid a mass displacement of people and widespread food insecurity, following 22 months of brutal […]

Washington presses Saudi Arabia, UAE to end Qatar’s isolation benefiting Iran

The US has ramped up pressure on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end the three-year old diplomatic feud with Qatar on grounds that the crisis generates revenues for embargo-hit Iran. The Trump administration is taking a new tack in trying to resolve a three-year-old Gulf crisis by pressing Saudi Arabia and the […]

Algeria: Military Junta takes revenge on Amira Bouraoui’s family, Tunisian Visitors

Irked by the humiliating defection of political activist and journalist Amira Bouraoui to France via Tunisia, the Algerian military junta takes revenge on the militant’s family and innocent Tunisian travelers caught up inside the Algerian territory. Mrs. Bouraoui, a 46 year-old French-Algerian national, is one of the Hirak movement activists. A doctor by training, she […]