Africa International

Missing Moroccan Peacekeeper in CAR Found Dead

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has confirmed the death of the Moroccan peacekeeper previously reported as missing following an ambush by the Anti-Balaka rebels on May 8, 2017 in southeastern CAR. The MINUSCA retrieved the fallen soldier’s body and transferred it to the Royal Armed Forces stationed […]

Algeria Headlines

Polisario Accepts Nomination of Horst Köhler as UN Envoy to Sahara

The Algerian-backed separatist movement, the Polisario, gave its initial agreement on the appointment of former German President Horst Köhler as Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General to the Sahara in place of US diplomat Christopher Ross. Moroccan news website, Le360, reported that an official Polisario source said that the UN Secretary General’s proposal for […]