Colombian warlord Iván Roberto Duque, ernesto_baez

Senegal: President’s brother resigns amid petro-scandal

Aliou Sall, the brother of Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday announced his resignation from La Caisse des Depots et Consignations, a financial institution he has been leading since 2017, three weeks after he was accused in a BBC report of corruption in oil and gas deals. Opposition politicians and campaign groups in Senegal accused […]

UNSC reiterates call on Algeria, Polisario for census of Tindouf camps population

The UN Security Council deplored the abject living conditions and rights violations in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in Algeria and urged a headcount of the population held there. The Council strongly reiterated its “request for a refugee registration in the Tindouf refugee camps,” reads the resolution 2703 adopted following a vote of 13 in favor […]

Libya: Leon warns Benghazi groups of war crime charges

Escalating tensions in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi and the heavy civilian casualties have caught the attention of UN Special envoy Bernardino Leon who condemned the hostilities and warned concerned parties to refrain from such actions because it could lead to war crime charges. Benghazi hosts the highest number of internally displaced Libyans thereby […]