EU-Morocco: Same Standards Applied to Morocco’s Exports, including from Sahara

The European Union (EU) has denied rumors that it will ban Morocco from exporting products from the southern region of the Sahara to European states. The EU’s position on the labeling of Moroccan products has not changed, affirmed the EU’s spokesperson Peter Stano on Thursday, Feb. 6, from Brussels, Belgium. The union will apply the […]

Sudan: dozens killed in drone attack on El Fasher hospital, RSF rebels blamed

The WTO chief has called for an end to attacks on health care workers and facilities in war-torn Sudan, as about 70 people, including patients, were reportedly killed and dozens injured in a drone attack on a hospital in El-Fasher, in Sudan’s western Darfur region, blamed on rebel forces. The United Nations said Sunday (26 […]

Africa at war: 28 of 59 armed conflicts worldwide in 2023 occurred on the continent

About half of the 59 armed conflicts worldwide in 2023 — the highest number since the end of World War II — occurred in Africa, according to a new study released by the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO). Last year witnessed 59 conflicts around the globe, of which 28 armed conflicts took place in […]