By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Algerian Ambassador to Mexico Rabah Hadid and his wife Farida Hadid commemorated (belatedly) the 64th anniversary of their nation’s independence on Wednesday, Nov. 7, with a diplomatic reception at their residence. “I want to thank all of you who are joining us on this momentous occasion,” Hadid told his guests before inviting them to savor a lavish feast
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Last month, Sudan, the world’s last surviving male northern white rhino, died after months of poor health. He was 45 years old and lived at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Now, there are only two female northern white rhinos left on Earth, Sudan’s daughter and granddaughter. Witnessing a major mammal species become extinct before our very
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By EMHAMED KHADAD Special to Pulse News Mexico Last November marked the 42nd anniversary since 350,000 Moroccans crossed into the Western Sahara as part of the staged manipulation called the Green March. November 6 is a dark day for the Sahrawi people, because it epitomizes Morocco’s illegal military invasion and partial occupation of the Western Sahara. In October of 1975, the International
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BY THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Late last month, the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) celebrated it annual national day, a date which marked the 42nd anniversary of its formal establishment- That would not seem at all extraordinary, except for the fact that the SADR is a country that does not exist. Much like poor Philip Nolan in Edward Everett Hale’s fictitious “The Man Without a Country,”
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Since its proclamation of independence from the United Kingdom in 1976, the Seychelles economy has been transformed from a primarily agrarian society to a broad market-based nation focusing on tourism and the service and public sectors
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On the military front, Eritrea is severely outgunned by Ethiopia, despite the smaller nation’s infamous conscription policy that allows its one-party government to draft young recruits and keep them in service for decades against their will
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To date, the junta has shown restraint, biding its time and hoping that Mugabe will either eventually give in and resign
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