Legal Matters

UN Economists Project Lowest Global Growth Rates in Decades

GENEVA — The 2023 World Economic Situation and Prospects report has just been issued, and U.N. economists present a gloomy and uncertain outlook for the coming year, with the global economy projected to grow at a particularly sluggish rate.Multiple cri…

UN Agency Warns of Vacuum After European Forces Leave Mali

GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, warns the departure of European forces from Mali has created a dangerous vacuum in the country.The European forces completed their withdrawal from Mali in November, ending a 14-year effort to keep the country sa…

Winner of SADC essay competition awarded with scholarship

Huambo – The winner of the national phase of the 2022 edition of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) secondary school essay competition, Casimira Pimenta, will benefit from a scholarship awarded by the Huambo provincial government.The ann…

Comoros Security Court Sentences Ex-President to Life in Prison

A court in Comoros, the island nation off Mozambique, has found former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi guilty of treason for selling passports to people from the Middle East.A state security court in Comoros gave a life sentence to former President Ahme…