The Libyan Public Prosecutor’s Office has disclosed findings of significant food safety violations following inspections of farms and retail outlets across Tripoli, Benghazi, and Misrata. Laboratory analyses of agricultural samples revealed that 65 per cent contained residues of seven pesticides banned under national legislation, including substances classified internationally as carcinogenic or mutagenic. The inspections, conducted […]
The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Horst Koehler, said following a meeting with the members of the UN Security Council on his recent tour in the region that he is “encouraged” Kohler expressed his optimism to the press following a three-hour consultation with the UNSC members behind closed doors, but […]
More than 700,000 people have been displaced by the war in Sudan, the United Nations announced Tuesday, and no solution to the conflict is emerging in Saudi Arabia, where negotiations between belligerents have stalled since Sunday. As looting and fighting continued for the 25th consecutive day in Khartoum, hundreds of Beja tribesmen demonstrated in Port […]
