German diplomat and former head of UN’s largest peace keeping mission in DR Congo Martin Kobler is set to replace Spanish diplomat Bernardino Leon as head of the UNSMIL struggling to clinch an accord between rival Libyans, UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon announced in a letter addressed Wednesday to the UN Security Council. After heading UN’s […]
Sporadic gunfire and explosions rang out Monday (28 November) around a hotel in Somalia’s capital that was attacked by the Al-Shabab group of insurgents a day earlier, reportedly killing at least four people. The Villa Rose Hotel is a popular venue for senior government officials and parliamentarians located a few blocks from the offices of […]
The IMF warned that the ongoing infighting in Sudan could undermine the wider region’s economy, citing the Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. These countries are already fragile as they receive waves of Sudanese refugees fleeing infighting and famine, the IMF’s deputy director for Africa, Catherine Pattillo, told AFP. A famine was […]
