Algerian General Gaid Salah

UN Security Council renews MINURSO mandate for another year

The Security Council renewed on Oct. 30 the mandate of the United Nations’s mission to the Sahara (MINURSO) for another year, while stressing the relevance of Morocco’s autonomy plan as a political, mutually acceptable solution to the over four-decade dispute. In resolution 2548, the Council also urged the UN chief to appoint an Envoy to […]

Ethiopians suffering emotionally, economically after two years of war — Gallop survey

As Ethiopia emerges from two years of conflict in its Tigray region, and with Ethiopians now faced with a monumental task in maintaining peace, restarting the economy and sustaining reconciliation, a new Gallup survey paints a bleak picture of people suffering emotionally and economically. Opinion researchers had not been able to enter the country in […]

COVID-19: Morocco’s preventive measures are paying off

The strict preventive measures taken by Morocco to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, including the health emergency decreed on March 20, the nationwide lockdown, and the compulsory wearing of protective facemasks as of April 7, seem paying off as the rate of new cases recorded each day has levelled off to under 100 […]