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Protestors Demand Robin Hood Tax on Financial Transactions

Protestors Demand Robin Hood Tax on Financial Transactions
05/19/2012 | Debates and Analysis
Hundreds of nurses and protestors from other professions gathered on Friday in Chicago to call on world leaders to adopt a Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street transactions as a way to raise hundreds of billions of dollars every year to help heal the U.S. and world economies. The march is part of the...

Morocco slams "biased" U.N. Western Sahara envoy

Morocco slams "biased" U.N. Western Sahara envoy
05/18/2012 | Maghreb
Morocco said on Thursday it had lost confidence in the U.N. envoy to the contested Western Sahara territory, in the latest in a long series of setbacks in efforts to settle a decades-old dispute over the region's status. Rabat accused envoy Christopher Ross of giving "biased and unbalanced...

Mali crisis could threaten globe

Mali crisis could threaten globe
05/09/2012 | Sahel
The crisis in Mali could become a threat to global security if the international community does not help the coup- and rebellion-hit country, the head of the UN refugee agency said Monday. “We are very worried by what is happening in Mali and its impact on the region,” UN High Commissioner for...

ECOWAS Talking Softer, But Still Holding Big Stick

ECOWAS Talking Softer, But Still Holding Big Stick
05/08/2012 | Debates and Analysis
Regional leaders meeting in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on May 3 appeared to slightly retreat from their positions against coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau and Mali, but the Economic Community of West African States continues to press for a speedy return to constitutional rule in both countries....

UN Security Council: Terrorism-a Sustained, Global Approach

UN Security Council: Terrorism-a Sustained, Global Approach
05/05/2012 | News
The UN the Security Council yesterday acknowledged the “changing nature and character” of international terrorism and emphasized the need to enhance global coordination to prevent attacks, disrupt criminal networks, and cut off avenues of financing for ncreasingly determined and sophisticated...

Taylor's War Crimes Conviction Sends Powerful Message

Taylor's War Crimes Conviction Sends Powerful Message
04/27/2012 | Debates and Analysis
The United Nations is rejoicing over the conviction of a former head of state for committing crimes against humanity, specifically involving the recruitment of child soldiers. The Special Court for Sierra Leone Thursday found Charles Taylor, a former president of Liberia, guilty of aiding and...

Security Council extends MINURSO mandate in Western Sahara until 30 APRIL 2013.

Security Council extends MINURSO mandate in Western Sahara until 30 APRIL 2013.
04/25/2012 | Africa
The UN Department of Public Information issued the following statement yesterday.The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in Western Sahara until 30 April 2013. Unanimously adopting resolution 2044 (2012), the Council called on the parties to cooperate fully...

Is Morocco the Mediterranean's Green Energy Savior?

Is Morocco the Mediterranean's Green Energy Savior?
04/20/2012 | In the Media
Amid the eager and often conflicting discussions about what it’s going to take to develop a real, tangible green economy in North Africa – one that makes the most of a seemingly endless supply of solar and wind – one conclusion keeps rising to the surface. If there is one state – one organized...

Iran Nuclear Crisis Needs ‘Disruptive Diplomacy’, Not Shock and Awe

Iran Nuclear Crisis Needs ‘Disruptive Diplomacy’, Not Shock and Awe
04/13/2012 | Debates and Analysis
Disruptive diplomacy may be the only way out of the Iran-Israel nuclear crisis, the only way to pierce the hegemony of hypocrisy dominating the power politics of nuclear weapons control, of those who have them, and of those who are accused of developing them. Otherwise, this weekend’s meeting on...

Moroccan Rights NGO Urges For Intervention To Protect Sequestered Population In Tindouf: Statement

Moroccan Rights NGO Urges For Intervention To Protect Sequestered Population In Tindouf: Statement
04/12/2012 | Human Rights
The Moroccan League for the Defence of Human Rights called on the international community to intervene to ensure the protection of the Sahrawis held against their will in Tindouf camps (Algeria’s south-west) and to pile up pressure on the Algerian government in order to allow their census by the...

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