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Moroccan Jaouad Mahjour gets new WHO position as Deputy Director General

The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed Moroccan citizen Dr Jaouad Mahjour Deputy Director General of the organization. Mahjour was formerly acting WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean and has 30 years of experience in public health and project elaboration, and transmissible disease projects assessments. The Moroccan permanent mission at the UN office in […]

Congo, Angola scrap visa requirement for officials

Congo and Angola have exempted officials, holders of diplomatic or public passports, of both countries of visa requirement in a move to facilitate mobility. Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, Congo’s top diplomat and his Angolan counterpart Tete António signed the agreement in the framework of the 8th joint cooperation committee between the two countries held in […]

Report Denounces Awful Conditions of Refugees in Libya, Lambasts European Policies

Rape, torture and slave labor are among the horrendous daily realities for people stuck in Libya in their desperate attempt to escape war, persecution and poverty in African countries, and reach Europe. The dark picture was described in a new report compiled by Oxfam and Italian partners, MEDU and Borderline Sicilia, which called on Italy […]