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Libya: UNSMIL welcomes appointment of Fact-Finding Mission chaired by Moroccan Mohamed Auajjar

The UNSMIL has welcomed the appointment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet of the three-member independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya (FFML). The FFML will be chaired by Moroccan former Minister of Justice Mohamed Auajjar and includes Tracy Robinson of Jamaica and Chaloka Beyani of Zambia and the UK. “This appointment comes at […]

Africa has potential to become new global supply chain player — UNCTAD report

With its abundant resources and growing consumer market, Africa can become a prominent manufacturing destination for tech-intensive industries and a key link in global supply chains, according to the Economic Development in Africa Report 2023 that has just been launched (16 August) by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). African economies can […]

Over 300,000 Africans Could Die of COVID-19 (ECA Report)

More than 300,000 Africans could lose their life to Covid-19 if the continent does not receive the adequate protection, warns the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). In a report released this Friday, the ECA says Africa’s fragile health systems could see additional costs being imposed on them because of the coronavirus pandemic, which so […]