Finland promises South Africa full support on the United National Security Council
On the United Nations Security Council next year, South Africa’s guaranteed Finland’s full support in the pursuit of a rules-based multilateral system of international governance. The undertaking comes from Finnish ambassador Kari Alanko at his national day celebration in Pretoria. Finland’s Ambassador Kari Alanko says he’s proudly representing the country adjudged to be the happiest […]
Anti-jihadi forces in Mozambique accused of serious human rights violations
Mozambique security forces are accused of serious human rights violations against Islamist militants they’re battling in the far north of their country. The jihadis have killed dozens of victims many of them beheaded or hacked to death with machetes. The jihadis have been active in the Cabo Delgado province where the local populations complains it […]
Talks aimed at ending Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara resume in Geneva
Talks aimed at ending Morocco’s occupation of the Western Sahara go into a second day in Geneva. Delegates are urged by UN chief Antonio Guterres to be constructive. As the new UN special envoy on Western Sahara, former German President Horst Koehler’s hoping to revive talks between the Saharawi representatives and their Moroccan occupiers that […]
Malaysian authorities torch nearly three tons of pangolin scales
Malaysia authorities have torched neatly three tons of pangolin scales worth $9 million. They’re trying to stop trafficking in the African ant-eater species whose scales are highly prized in Chinese medicine. More than 3 000 pangolins would have had to be killed to provide the scales set alight by Malaysian officials. They were confiscated from […]