31.10.2026 Russia and the United States vetoed rival resolutions on Western Sahara at the Security Council on Friday, October 30, leaving the UN peacekeeping mission there without a renewed mandate just a day before it expires. (Image: courtesy Matthew TenBruggencate) The unusual showdown threatens the future of a mission the council has routinely renewed for…
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Western Sahara: EU on ECJ Morocco judgment
Brusssels 04.10.2024 Today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the European Commission had breached the universal rights of people to self-determination while concluding trade deals with Morocco, when omitting the rights of people of Western Sahara. Western Sahara, a strip of desert, which has been the scene of Africa’s longest-running territorial dispute since…
Benghazi reconstruction conference in March
Authorities in eastern Libya have announced a conference in March to enforce support to rebuild the country’s second-largest city Benghazi heavily damaged during three years of fighting between Marshal Khalifa Haftar troops and Islamists. The announcement signals a desire to demonstrate a return to normality in the port, where top military commander Khalifa Haftar declared…